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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,064
    I hate this amp, it has a hum. Please give me one that makes me....compassionate towards wonky racks, like those ones made by the Sleestaks.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Sir, have you been drinking?
    Viking64 wrote: »
    I hate this amp, it has a hum. Please give me one that makes me....compassionate towards wonky racks, like those ones made by the Sleestaks.

  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,064
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Sir, have you been drinking?

    No, not one, but still, I think, I'll just sit here and be a dink.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Yeah, so that's my conundrum right now. Finding something affordable with the least amount of front to back and side to side wobble, that can support a 30lb turntable on the top shelf.

    That was my worry as well, that because they have to make these things shippable, that the parts where they screw together would be the weak/flex point. As opposed to one solid length of column like the Adona racks.

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    They do look like they can be filled with lead shot, maybe if you insert each individual piece of shot one at a time. :lol:

    kharp1 wrote: »
    Kind of hard to gauge for sure. Anything screwed together like that is susceptible to more movement than other designs. There's just not much substitution for mass when it comes to rigidity.

  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    edited March 2018
    Now this here would be a nice design if it was made from solid wood instead of MDF:

    https://www.amazon.com/Nexera-101012-Jasper-Audio-Truffle/dp/B00797XP1S

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    My non-engineering brain says the wobble factor with this is low. :grey_question:
  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    Don't even think about it.
  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,064
    That MDF might fall apart, from little more than an elf phart.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
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    Viking64 wrote: »
    That MDF might fall apart, from little more than an elf phart.
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Don't even think about it.

  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    LOW WOBBLE FACTOR DETECTED

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    I'm going to bed.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Okay fine, one more:

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited March 2018
    Good morning everyone! More passion! Love it! Nothing like a good belly laugh first thing in the morning reading CP while on the can! :smiley:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,525
    I don't know, I happen to like some jiggle in my racks. ;)
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    **** or get off the pot!
    verb wrote: »
    Good morning everyone! More passion! Love it! Nothing like a good belly laugh first thing in the morning reading CP while on the can! :smiley:

  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    So what's the final decision on the rack, @Clipdat ?
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    edited March 2018
    Not sure yet.

    @helipilotdoug is currently fighting the good fight against VTI for me in an attempt to get me a refund.
    Joey_V wrote: »
    So what's the final decision on the rack, @Clipdat ?

  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Clipdat wrote: »
    **** or get off the pot!
    verb wrote: »
    Good morning everyone! More passion! Love it! Nothing like a good belly laugh first thing in the morning reading CP while on the can! :smiley:

    Sir that quote applies to you too! LOL! :smiley:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    lol, I realized that right after I posted it and @Joey_V was like sooooo wtf you gonna do?
    verb wrote: »
    Sir that quote applies to you too! LOL! :smiley:

  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Let's talk Solidsteel (again). Calling all engineers. @verb @kharp1 @F1nut

    S5 series.

    http://solidsteel.it/my-product/s5-4-hi-fi-audio-rack/

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    Thoughts? Do you think this shelf system would add real isolation? Its still metal on metal. The mini spikes sit in their respective recessions.

  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,551
    No personal experience, but I understand they are pretty good.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    I think they need a better translator to write product descriptions on their website!

    "Ultimately, the customization is combined with the product technology described above, where the users can always adjust the heights of the plates on the shelves in order to enjoy a valid technical equipment at the service of their facilities or systems."
    F1nut wrote: »
    No personal experience, but I understand they are pretty good.

  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    Same here. no personal experience, however, the materials look more robust to begin with. I would say that you'd be able to get a more rigid, secure fitting with their posts than some of the others. Says the tubes are filled with damping material, wonder if that means you can't add shot to them? I'm a fan of mass loading the bottom portion of anything that's twice as tall as it is wide.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Yeah, it sounds like they come prefilled with something: " The aluminum tubes, as well as for the S3 Series, are filled with damping material (not grainy)"

    The overall weights for them are pretty high. 81lbs for the S5-4 and 103lbs for the S5-5.
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Same here. no personal experience, however, the materials look more robust to begin with. I would say that you'd be able to get a more rigid, secure fitting with their posts than some of the others. Says the tubes are filled with damping material, wonder if that means you can't add shot to them? I'm a fan of mass loading the bottom portion of anything that's twice as tall as it is wide.

  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    i'm leaning towards steve blinn designs
    https://www.steveblinndesigns.com/
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Those look pretty nice! I wonder how much shipping is.
    marvda1 wrote: »
    i'm leaning towards steve blinn designs
    https://www.steveblinndesigns.com/

  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited March 2018
    Post edited by marvda1 on
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    F1nut wrote: »
    No personal experience, but I understand they are pretty good.

    Looks solid. Like the separate platforms on each shelf. Not completely isolated but you may be able to spike em later. Agree with the mass loading feature too.
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    The "floating" shelves are "spiked" with these:

    SolidSteel-S5-2_550pix-IMG_1213.jpg

    Pic taken from this review: http://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/accessories-reviews/solidsteel-s5-2-audio-rack/

    This guy has some... interesting.. thoughts.
    verb wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    No personal experience, but I understand they are pretty good.

    Looks solid. Like the separate platforms on each shelf. Not completely isolated but you may be able to spike em later. Agree with the mass loading feature too.

  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Very nice. I like the spikes and the ability to adjust level as needed. I like the thicker aluminum tubes too. Mass loading will be a chore as the post have the push nuts in them.
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    So I just checked the price for the S5-4. 12 hundie. You certainly get what you pay for! :smiley:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.