Amp stands

woodsman10b
woodsman10b Posts: 408
edited May 2010 in 2 Channel Audio
Thought someone here would problably be interested in these-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170477733408

They look very nice. :D
Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
Post edited by woodsman10b on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited April 2010
    Looks really nice!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Cpyder
    Cpyder Posts: 514
    edited April 2010
    Looks pretty sweet. What does it accomplish besides looking cool?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited April 2010
    Cpyder wrote: »
    Looks pretty sweet. What does it accomplish besides looking cool?

    Amps can be very heavy and large. Some Audio racks don't have the space or weight limit to allow such big amps.

    Plus it allows for more air movement around the amps to keep them cool.
    Sunfire TGP, Sunfire Cinema Grand, Sunfire 300~2 (2), Sunfire True Sub (2),Carver ALS Platinum, Carver AL III, TFM-55, C-19, C-9, TX-8, SDA-490t, SDA-390t
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    Nice! I like Mapleshade Records amp stands too.

    http://shop.mapleshadestore.com/departments.asp?dept=46

    Taint cheap though.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Cpyder
    Cpyder Posts: 514
    edited April 2010
    thuffman03 wrote: »
    Amps can be very heavy and large. Some Audio racks don't have the space or weight limit to allow such big amps.

    Plus it allows for more air movement around the amps to keep them cool.

    Air movement is a good thing!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    So is vibration isolation!:D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • schnottus
    schnottus Posts: 15
    edited May 2010
    Am I the only one who finds this claim a little ridiculous? "Surprisingly, maple platforms are much warmer, clearer, punchier and more detailed than granite, slate, glass (the worst), myrtle or exotic hardwoods"
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited May 2010
    Cpyder wrote: »
    Looks pretty sweet. What does it accomplish besides looking cool?

    About the same as uber expensive cables. But they sure do look purdy.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    schnottus wrote: »
    Am I the only one who finds this claim a little ridiculous? "Surprisingly, maple platforms are much warmer, clearer, punchier and more detailed than granite, slate, glass (the worst), myrtle or exotic hardwoods"

    Yep!, but probably not the only one. It all about the resonace properites of the material.

    Think about the wood compostion of a Stradivarius violin and why it sounds so good compared to other violins made of different woods. Often copied, never comes close.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    About the same as uber expensive cables. But they sure do look purdy.

    This from a guy who lays out mucho $$$ for high end cables!:eek::D:p
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited May 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    This from a guy who lays out mucho $$$ for high end cables!:eek::D:p

    Ah, Joe...those days are long gone. All the uber stuff has been sold & now I'm strictly using quality cables that have a great performance/form/function & cost ratio. The uber costing cables did not live up to their price point as far as I was concerned.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    Ah, Joe...those days are long gone. All the uber stuff has been sold & now I'm strictly using quality cables that have a great performance/form/function & cost ratio. The uber costing cables did not live up to their price point as far as I was concerned.

    You never did post up a review or impressions of the MITs you bought or if you did I missed it.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited May 2010
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    About the same as uber expensive cables. But they sure do look purdy.

    unless you don't have a rack that can support the weight of them. Like I wouldn't want to stick a Krell mono block 600 series into a VTI rack as I don't think it would support them all that well. That and ventilation, class A amp into a tight enclosed space= not a good idea.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited May 2010
    I could hear a difference between Bluestone blocks under my speakers vs Maple.

    YMMV>
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    unless you don't have a rack that can support the weight of them. Like I wouldn't want to stick a Krell mono block 600 series into a VTI rack as I don't think it would support them all that well. That and ventilation, class A amp into a tight enclosed space= not a good idea.

    I don't know Chris. I have my MF Tri-Vista setting on the third tier of my four tier VTI stand and it supports it effortlessly and is open on all sides so my amp only becomes warn to the touch after playing for hours and there are only a few inches of space above the amp so it is suprising that it only get warm. Filling all the posts and cross beams with lead shot may lend to the strength of the rack.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited May 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I don't know Chris. I have my MF Tri-Vista setting on the third tier of my four tier VTI stand and it supports it effortlessly and is open on all sides so my amp only becomes warn to the touch after playing for hours and there are only a few inches of space above the amp so it is suprising that it only get warm. Filling all the posts and cross beams with lead shot may lend to the strength of the rack.

    see IDK how tough they are. I just am weary of setting a lot of weight on MDF as I know it can take it but there's always a giving point. Guess they are stronger than I thought, which is good seeing thats the rack I plan on getting and keeping for a long long time.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited May 2010
    My Krell monoblocks have their own custom made stands made by Sound Anchors :cool:.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2010
    ESavinon wrote: »
    My Krell monoblocks have their own custom made stands made by Sound Anchors :cool:.

    I want krell monoblocks ......
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited May 2010
    I sold a kidney and half my liver to get those.:D
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited May 2010
    ESavinon wrote: »
    I sold a kidney and half my liver to get those.:D

    tell me where I can sell it and I'll do it!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited May 2010
    My goal next year is to make an audio rack using the Flexy Table style, but making the shelves out of sandwiches of carbon fiber and Dynamat. Should make a strong yet deadening platform.
    Jake
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    see IDK how tough they are. I just am weary of setting a lot of weight on MDF as I know it can take it but there's always a giving point. Guess they are stronger than I thought, which is good seeing thats the rack I plan on getting and keeping for a long long time.

    Actually Chris the crossbeams design of the VTI under the MDF are what causes it to have no give. As I said I would imagine the lead shot gives more strength to the crossbeams and veritcal pillars.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited May 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Actually Chris the crossbeams design of the VTI under the MDF are what causes it to have no give. As I said I would imagine the lead shot gives more strength to the crossbeams and veritcal pillars.

    ahhhh, see I didn't know it had the cross beam at all. I thought it was just a rectangle and the MDF sat on top with nothing for support underneath (I've never seen the bottom of it). Thanks for the info!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    zingo wrote: »
    My goal next year is to make an audio rack using the Flexy Table style, but making the shelves out of sandwiches of carbon fiber and Dynamat. Should make a strong yet deadening platform.

    That sounds very interesting! Let us know how you make out. BTW I considered using Dyamat to line the under side of my VTI MDF platforms but I would have to break each tier down and with the weight of the lead shot in each tier. . . well . . . I'm just to lazy to try it.:eek: for now at least.:o
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited May 2010
    I can't see any fatal flaw in the project as long as I make the carbon fiber thick/strong enough to hold the weight of an amp. It should be a good combination of self dampening, light weight, and just plain cool.
    Jake
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    ahhhh, see I didn't know it had the cross beam at all. I thought it was just a rectangle and the MDF sat on top with nothing for support underneath (I've never seen the bottom of it). Thanks for the info!

    The crossbeans are in a triangular shape. It supports the whole platform with two of these triangular crossbeams for each MDF platform. Actually I believe it is composit of MDF and another material but don't hold me to that.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter