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[darthlaker]

HRS EXRD Rack.....

 

Loving no middle support at the front.

 

Also lowered my noise floor.

 

 

[Steever]

A bit more work on my TT stand in the last couple of days saw a 10kg ballast added. 
 

It’s now complete but won’t be used in anger for a few weeks yet until our house move and minor redecorations are done. 

[Allan]

homemade rack.. still needs a bit of work 

 

Edited January 11, 2024 by Allan

[ICUToo]

2 minutes ago, Allan said:

homemade rack.. still needs a bit of work 

 

Lost my appetite now…

[Allan]

@darthlaker  you would benefit big time with some absorption, particularly with side 1st reflection absorption. It will open the stage right up.

 

Has your turntable been to the vet, whats that shroud over the headshell? 

 

Noice system  

 

Edited January 12, 2024 by Allan

[darthlaker]

19 minutes ago, Allan said:

@darthlaker  you would benefit big time with some absorption, particularly with side 1st reflection absorption. It will open the stage right up.

 

Has your turntable been to the vet, whats that shroud over the headshell? 

 

Noice system  

 

Thanks! 
 

Gave that a shot and a bit of toe in worked out fine.  
 

LOL re the vet shroud.  It’s an acoustical systems cartridge “protector”/thing! 

[Guest Moon 600i V2]

I use a Lovan AV rack with the hollow bits filled with expanding foam. The Rega wall shelf makes the biggest difference. Some components have a Gutwire Notepad for resonance control but I don't really hear a difference over the addition of Superspike footers to the Marantz.

[RhettM]

Has anyone tried to use Ikea Platsa for a hifi rack / vinyl storage?

[Barry_72]

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3 minutes ago, RhettM said:

Has anyone tried to use Ikea Platsa for a hifi rack / vinyl storage?

Thats the first I’ve seen of them, interesting to see if anyone has…

[Peterbean]

On 9/12/2023 at 8:56 PM, Ryehifi said:

IKEA Modification 

That’s really clever and looks great. What’s holding the top shelf up?
 

[Xecuter]

Ended up shoving a massive red gum slab across two sound style racks I had. Giving me the space I needed for the TT and tube amp. Just need more gear to fill the shelves and add mass to the rack.

[Guest Moon 600i V2]

10 hours ago, Xecuter said:

Ended up shoving a massive red gum slab across two sound style racks I had. Giving me the space I needed for the TT and tube amp. Just need more gear to fill the shelves and add mass to the rack.

Does that Sonic Frontiers CDP play HDCDs?

[Xecuter]

6 minutes ago, Moon 600i V2 said:

Does that Sonic Frontiers CDP play HDCDs?

No it's an sft-1. The sfcd-1 plays hdcd.

 

I do plan to get an sft-3 one day as a nostalgia piece.

[oldrose]

On 23/11/2023 at 4:47 PM, Mendes said:

Something I knocked up a few years back, served me well.

@Mendes What did you do for the joins on this? Mortice or Dowels?

[oldrose]

On 9/12/2023 at 8:56 PM, Ryehifi said:

IKEA Modification 

@Ryehifi The thought of all that weight suspended over hifi gear is giving me the shudders. I hope you glued those joints together as well as having the unit mounted directly to the wall?

[Mendes]

29 minutes ago, oldrose said:

@Mendes What did you do for the joins on this? Mortice or Dowels?

I think they call them Domino or Biscuit joins, very strong and neat joins and have stood the test of time.

 

[SPR08Y]

23 minutes ago, Mendes said:

I think they call them Domino or Biscuit joins, very strong and neat joins and have stood the test of time.

 

They’re Dominos. Biscuits look like this: 

 

 

Dominos like this: 

 

 

Biscuits great for quickly strengthening widening joints, ie. making a ‘wider’ piece of timber from narrow boards. 
 

Dominos good for that too and most places that mortise and tenon joints (and often other joints) would have been used. Very versatile. 
 

Kind regards,

Michael 

Edited April 26, 2024 by SPR08Y

[ICUToo]

1 hour ago, Mendes said:

I think they call them Domino or Biscuit joins, very strong and neat joins and have stood the test of time.

 

Heck of a workroom setup....

[Mendes]

1 minute ago, ICUToo said:

Heck of a workroom setup....

Sure is, not mine.

 

Perth Wood School, awesome place and people.

[ICUToo]

Festool domino cutter? Its the only one I know

[Mendes]

29 minutes ago, ICUToo said:

Festool domino cutter? Its the only one I know

Yep, that's the one. Even a chump with skills like me can be made to look good 

[Gabehcuod]

Any suggestions for a sturdier rack with another tier. Ran out of room with this one, and I have two 40kg amps on the floor in another room.
You can see it's already bent on the second tier. The only solution i've seen with enough space is from solidsteel but I can't justify spending $1800 on it.

[Bass13]

5 hours ago, Gabehcuod said:

You can see it's already bent on the second tier. The only solution i've seen with enough space is from solidsteel but I can't justify spending $1800 on it.

 

 

It will cost more if that second tier breaks,  "damage to your HiFi gear", $1800 seems reasonable compared to some racks out there, if it suits your needs why not.

Otherwise look for something used, that may come up on SNA classifieds.

[Dr.Funk]

I built this Sheoak rack a few years ago. The bottom and middle shelves are  mortice and tenon frames surrounding solid Corian (the table material most people are used to seeing in McDonalds). The Corian has a sorbothane gasket underneath it, sitting on the Sheaok frame. This was my way of reducing the 'liveliness' that could have come from the open space within the cabinet.

All the frames are mortice and tenoned and the end panels are floating within the frame, allowing for seasonal movement. The same can be said for the solid top, which was secured with figure 8 plates, which allow the top to move.

The foot shape is called a French Sabre and I put a threaded insert inside , so that the foot has leveling isolation spikes that can be attached.

 

The Sheoak timber came from Margret River, south of Perth. I went and chose the boards myself. An interesting fact is that Sheoak changes colour depending where in W.A it grows.

In the south west the soil has a large clay content so the boards can be as dark as Jarrah, in the north, where the soil is more sandy, the colour can be a salmon pink! 

 

I am a cabinetmaker by trade and I took commissions for hi-fi furniture. This work has dried up as people now make their own DIY or convert Ikea furniture.

No one seems to want to spend money on quality hand made one-offs.

I made matching miniature stands for the monobloc amps that went with this setup. I made an MDF box, which contained very fine sand, that had been baked dry in the oven (wife thought I was mad!). The box was then sealed using an elastic compound so no sand could escape and a matching Sheoak frame, constructed the same way as the larger cabinet, was built around the box. It had matching Corion tops, with miniature French Sabre legs. Each stand weighed 25kg.

Now and again I get asked to make vinyl storage boxes, tonearm plates and plinths for Linn's, my last real hi-fi job was a composite lamination for a Commonwealth plinth.

A cabinetmaker never retires, the workshop at the end of the garden always beckons.

[Hydrology]

I've decided to move away from the current cabinet (in the first picture), to three of the racks in the second picture (as per colour/finish)

Will not require the top shelves to ensure they fit underneath the TV. The gear in the second picture is NOT mine by the way!!!

The leather couch on other wood accents in the existing room mean that the new racks will be a good visual match.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 27, 2024 by Hydrology