Wow some great responses here. After thinking this through I think I will keep one 4 shelf grand prix rack and put the rest like the hard drive and computer in a modified sideboard. I am hoping that not having my power conditioner on the rack isn't going to be to big a deal since the goal is to get all the power cords out of sight. I will take some pictures when I'm done. Thanks for all the great info.
Changing racks from Grand Prix to home made??
HI, I have been using Grand Prix racks in both my main system and my bedroom system. Racks are kind of hard to qualify their merit since it's not an easy A/B comparison. I remember thinking when I got one that it made a very nice improvement. Now I'm thinking of getting rid of them for aesthetic reasons. I'm re designing my living room and I would like to organize most of my equipment hidden in shelving and have a few things like my preamp and DAC accessible. I am a builder so I can make most anything. I was thinking of getting 1 1/2" thick maple to use under the components. The way I want things to look I just don't think anything but a custom build will work.
I'm wondering if anyone else has done something like this and been happy or sad with the sound after doing it? I suppose if I could A/B the custom rack vs the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix was way better then I would stick with the Grand Prix some way. I don't know for sure if I used to be way more neurotic about this audio stuff when I got them. These days I tend not to obsess to much or have the desire to change power cords and things like that all the time.
Thanks, Ryan
I'm wondering if anyone else has done something like this and been happy or sad with the sound after doing it? I suppose if I could A/B the custom rack vs the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix was way better then I would stick with the Grand Prix some way. I don't know for sure if I used to be way more neurotic about this audio stuff when I got them. These days I tend not to obsess to much or have the desire to change power cords and things like that all the time.
Thanks, Ryan