Stands/Tables for My Gear!

tophatjohnny
tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
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Hey all, not sure if the clubhouse is place to ask, but here goes. I am now looking to set my amp, streamer that is stacked on my pre with a small table that in meant to hose audio gear. Also plan on getting a nice CD player at some point (another thread for that when I'm ready) so looking to see what some of you may suggest. Right now I have a small RTA tv stand where my amp in on that top with no restrictions then in a center section the streamer sits on top of my pre. Time for a change, and not even sure if there is any benefit to the sound by doing this. but looking to do it for more of a cosmetic change! Appreciate suggestions and idea for anyone who gets it......right now I sure don't! Thanks and hope all stay safe this week.

THJ
"if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited June 2015
    Salamander

    http://www.salamanderdesigns.com/

    I found mine on Craigslist and it's even DarqueKnight approved. ;)

    Edit: This is the one I have

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited June 2015
    Johnny...... either spend the cash on something like a Salamander Archtype stand (I have one and its by far the best rack I've owned) but only get black or be prepared to pay out the rear....

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    They also make smaller ones like the Archtype 3.0 and 2.0, but the 5.0 is the best bargain IMHO. Otherwise you can connect them to each other so you can run a 3.0 with a 2.0 side by side if needed (like the pictures below) which would be another option, but again I just think with what your running the 5.0 would give you all the shelves you need for now (with some removed since you dont need all of them) and ability to add on later....

    OR

    BUILD a Flexy Rack. Same thing as the Archtype just you have to build it all yourself and your possibilities are only limited by your imagination. Its basically threaded rod with shelves you build to your specs... so you can add more shelves, more sections as needed.....

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    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    I like the one pictured on top!! What are the costar looking things on the bottom??
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    LOL... if your talking about the first picture I posted, then those are moving men so I can pull it out and back easily, that rack when weighed down is like 250 lbs, and the feet are NOT meant to slide lol.... I was waiting for the casters I ordered to come in so now my rack is on wheels......
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    I am now looking to set my amp, streamer that is stacked on my pre with a small table that in meant to hose audio gear.

    I dunno if I'd want to put my gear on something meant to hose it. But yeah, I've got some salamander stuff. It ain't bad.
    Turntable: Empire 208
    Arm: Rega 300
    Cart: Shelter 501 III
    Phono Pre: dsachs consulting
    Digital: Marantz SACD 30n
    Pre: Conrad Johnson ET3 SE
    Amp: Conrad Johnson Premier 350
    Cables: Cardas Neutral Reference
    Speakers: SDA 2.3TL, heavily modified
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    edited June 2015
    Built myself two flexy racks - work like a charm and they are short money! You can also gussy them up pretty well if you like. Mine are plain jane.

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    VA HT HK AVR20II, Sony S9000ES CD/DVD/SACD, Polk Audio RC80i / Polk Audio CSi3, 60" Panasonic Plasma, Nordost / Signal Cable A2 / Wireworld / Pangea / Magic Power
    VA 2 Channel Focal Electra 926 speakers, Pass Labs X150.5 Amp, Eastern Electric MiniMax Preamp (Tutay mods), Eastern Electric Minimax CDP (Scott Nixon mods), Music Hall mmf 5.1 Turntable, Parks Audio Budgie Phono Pre , Audioengine B1 streamer, MIT S3 IC's / MIT Shotgun S3 Speaker Cables / PS Audio power cables
    Noggin Schiit Valhalla, Pangea, Phillips Fidelio X1, Polk UF8000

    Polk SDA1c modded
    Polk CRS+ 4.1TL modded (need veneer)
    Polk SDA2BTL (fully modded)
    A/L 1000VA Dreadnought Canare 4s11 SDA cable
    SACD Marantz DV8300
    Sony S9000ES CD/DVD/SACD
    Yamaha YP-D6
    Soundcraftsmen PCR800
    Audible Illusions L1 Preamp
    Vincent MFA based Cocci Tube Preamp
    Pho-700 Phono Pre
    Signal Cable Silver Resolution IC's






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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    quadzilla wrote: »
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    I am now looking to set my amp, streamer that is stacked on my pre with a small table that in meant to hose audio gear.

    I dunno if I'd want to put my gear on something meant to hose it. But yeah, I've got some salamander stuff. It ain't bad.

    lol I was still waking up and misspelled that.
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • rafarmer1
    rafarmer1 Posts: 57
    nice
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    If your thinking of a VTI audio rack remember that Doug at Douglas Connections sells them and can get you a good deal,

    http://douglasconnection.com/main.sc
    2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge

    HT - Polk 703's * NAD T-758 * Adcom 5503 * Oppo 103 * Samsung 60" series 8 LCD
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    voltz wrote: »
    If your thinking of a VTI audio rack remember that Doug at Douglas Connections sells them and can get you a good deal,

    http://douglasconnection.com/main.sc

    Yes, I've already sent Doug an email. He's a great guy and I will probably get one from him!! Thanks
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    ^ I'm b u t t h u r t @DSkip :grin:

    How dare you poke fun at me :wink:

    VTI is nice. I got this rack for 150 and it's all I need.

    I will be likely hitting Skip up for a new HT Salamander Synergy Triple 30 or 20 in the next year or so...
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    @DSkip can you get "parts" for Salamander Synergy? I have a Synergy 236 and I need one regular shelf and I'd like to ditch the drawer in the middle and put in a shelf that slides out for my turntable.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    Yes, I see some Salamander Synergy stands that would be nice!
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    For something a little outside the ordinary, I ordered this through etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/219233236/reclaimed-wood-media-console-tv-stand?ref=shop_home_active_12

    I ordered a custom size for a little more, 60x20x28. There is a 10in sub hidden behind the slatted door. And best thing for me and the wife is that it doesn't look like a audio cabinet...

    sorry for the crappy iphone pic, but you get the idea. 0bmm1iwbxe12.jpg
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    For something a little outside the ordinary, I ordered this through etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/219233236/reclaimed-wood-media-console-tv-stand?ref=shop_home_active_12

    I ordered a custom size for a little more, 60x20x28. There is a 10in sub hidden behind the slatted door. And best thing for me and the wife is that it doesn't look like a audio cabinet...

    sorry for the crappy iphone pic, but you get the idea. 0bmm1iwbxe12.jpg

    Thats awesome! If only I had that little of gear lol......

    I was wanting to build something along those lines for my rack, but for the price I found my Salamander for, well I couldn't even get material bought for less

    But MAN ON MAN does that look sexy!
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited July 2015
    Thanks Dan! Me and the misses sure do like it.

    In regards to the gear, yea I did buy both the slimline marantz and the sub specifically to fit in that cabinet without making it onerous, and then I special ordered the cabinet.

    And in regards to building it, I don't think money would be the issue. This is made out of reclaimed wood, and I just built a pretty sweet coffee table out of pallets for the living room, and the wood looks pretty similar, and it cost about 30 bucks in materials :D BUT, the coffee table took me at least 25-30 hours just because taking apart and sanding old pallets takes FOR-E-VERRRRR! Plus I don't really have the skills for the cabinet, so it would either take me a really long time or it would've turned out fugly, so we decided I would built some other things and we would bite the bullet on this one...plus the coffee table doesn't have the steel hairpin legs, and those buggers are expensive. I just bought 8 to built two "matching" nightstands for the bedroom and they cost over $100, so that would increase the cost of the media center I suppose...

    Sorry didn't mean to derail...
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,257
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    But MAN ON MAN does that look sexy!
    wtf? what kind of site is this?!? lol

    I disabled signatures.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Well Rick and keiko have yet to post in this thread so the comment does seem a bit out of place... ;)
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Well Rick and keiko have yet to post in this thread so the comment does seem a bit out of place... ;)

    keiko was the first to post!
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004U8A0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

    Cheap
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    afterburnt wrote: »
    http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004U8A0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

    Cheap

    If that's all u need the price is hard to beat..makes it hardly worth building.
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004U8A0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

    Cheap

    If that's all u need the price is hard to beat..makes it hardly worth building.
    I just got it. It took longer to unpack than to put together, seems pretty sturdy. Makes me happy, now I can get my center off of the bottom shelf of the TV stand and hear it the right way.
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