Is this True?!?!

MANSKITO
MANSKITO Posts: 295
edited September 2009 in 2 Channel Audio
I was just surfing the web when I stumbled across this review. http://www.stereophile.com/standsracks/782/
Maybe I'm reading it wrong but is he suggesting that what you put your equipment on actually matters? I mean I understand that it has to be a stable cool dry place, but how in the world could it matter what table (or in my case stacked on the floor) you put your equipment on? Admittedly I'm knew to audio industry, but I thought tables and racks where just for aesthetics and as long as they where inert and didn't cause any vibrations or any other form of acoustic disturbance aka a common (cheap) sturdy table or desk should preform the same as any other platform you might wish to place your equipment on.

Am I wrong in my belief or is that review full of it.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,562
    edited September 2009
    You answered your own question.

    BTW, the floor is the last place you want to have your gear on.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • MANSKITO
    MANSKITO Posts: 295
    edited September 2009
    Ya i know i cant afford a table.... Just moved out freshman in collage lol.
    Monitor 60s, CS10 front
    Monitor 40s, back
    PSW10:(

    H/k AVR 325
    Sansui Tape Deck
    Pioneer PD-5010 CD player

    Sennheiser HD 650s :D
    Maverick Audio Tube Magic D1 DAC

    AMD Phenom II 940 @ 3.8 prime stabel
    4 gigs 1066, cas 5
    XFX 4890 1gig
    Seagate 1tb 7200.12
    Creative X-fI Titanium Fatal1ty
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,562
    edited September 2009
    Eh, we all start somewhere.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited September 2009
    IF you need a table, try the "free" section of Craigslist.
    Get your stuff off of the floor...lol
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  • MANSKITO
    MANSKITO Posts: 295
    edited September 2009
    kcoc321 wrote: »
    IF you need a table, try the "free" section of Craigslist.
    Get your stuff off of the floor...lol
    thanks for the advice will look into it:)
    Monitor 60s, CS10 front
    Monitor 40s, back
    PSW10:(

    H/k AVR 325
    Sansui Tape Deck
    Pioneer PD-5010 CD player

    Sennheiser HD 650s :D
    Maverick Audio Tube Magic D1 DAC

    AMD Phenom II 940 @ 3.8 prime stabel
    4 gigs 1066, cas 5
    XFX 4890 1gig
    Seagate 1tb 7200.12
    Creative X-fI Titanium Fatal1ty
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited September 2009
    For anything but a turntable, I can't see how the object supporting the equipment makes one iota of difference. Can anybody explain this in at least pseudo-scientific terms?
    My system

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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited September 2009
    nms wrote: »
    For anything but a turntable, I can't see how the object supporting the equipment makes one iota of difference. Can anybody explain this in at least pseudo-scientific terms?

    There's a thread about someone getting a new rack for their gear... There's a LOT of good information in there. I dont' remember what forum off the top of my head, but i know it was active as recently as yesterday.

    Should answer all your questions. :)

    <EDIT>
    Here you go:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88335&highlight=rack
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited September 2009
    What the equipment sits on can be as important as the equipment itself, especially if it contains a tube, a motor, and inductor or a capacitor. An amplifier can sound different when sitting on mdf board as opposed to glass, for example.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited September 2009
    Use the std college dorm room audio rack - concrete blocks and 2x10's for shelves
    DKG999
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited September 2009
    dkg999 wrote: »
    Use the std college dorm room audio rack - concrete blocks and 2x10's for shelves

    That gets you 99% there, the other 1% is fluff. ;)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2009
    I got one of them there audio rack thing-a-ma-jigs, sounds nice.

    RT1
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited September 2009
    Ted has all the toys. :p
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2009
    janmike wrote: »
    Ted has all the toys. :p


    errrr.......pot, kettle, black...and all that Michael.

    RT1
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited September 2009
    Tube amps are sometimes spiked to a vibrating floor. Not sure of the use model for that. Maybe something cancels through the vibrations?
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    I'm going to reinforcing the floor under my two channel rig, it can't hurt.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2009
    I have about 250 to 300 lbs of lead shot in my stand.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited September 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I have about 250 to 300 lbs of lead shot in my stand.

    Well just be happy the stand is between you and the shooter. :D
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Krazyz1
    Krazyz1 Posts: 256
    edited September 2009
    A book by Jim Smith " Get better sound " and has won TONS of best of show at CES event says moving your equipt. to the front or back of your cabinet will make a sound change- subtle.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited September 2009
    It works if your speaker wire can expose subtle nuances.
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  • MANSKITO
    MANSKITO Posts: 295
    edited September 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I have about 250 to 300 lbs of lead shot in my stand.

    I don't mean to be rude, but why?
    Monitor 60s, CS10 front
    Monitor 40s, back
    PSW10:(

    H/k AVR 325
    Sansui Tape Deck
    Pioneer PD-5010 CD player

    Sennheiser HD 650s :D
    Maverick Audio Tube Magic D1 DAC

    AMD Phenom II 940 @ 3.8 prime stabel
    4 gigs 1066, cas 5
    XFX 4890 1gig
    Seagate 1tb 7200.12
    Creative X-fI Titanium Fatal1ty
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,562
    edited September 2009
    Your word of the day is dampen.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,031
    edited September 2009
    Your quote for the day is "Everything affects everything".
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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