I use Salamander racks as a good-looking compromise (cherry and black) and use Signal Guard II isolation platforms under all key components with the spikes of the Signal Guards resting in Aurios Pro isolation devices. It all grew up over time, but works beautifully, and I'm not sure I'd do it any differently if starting from scratch.
Racks vs. furniture w/pods, points, aurios, etc?
Finding a rack I love is not hard to do if I want to spend $6,000. I just saw a double wide rix rax with inlaid wood and it is exactly what I want, but 6K is just a bit much for me.
My question is this - Am I wasting my time and money if I buy or make a beautiful piece of furniture and utilize every expensive pod, spike, roller block, platform, etc. to isolate my equipment? My system consists of Well tempered turntable, CAT Ultimate, Gamut amp, Offrande speakers and an AudioMeca cd.
Thanks for your help.