Tim -
Personally I think I'd take the RixRax. It seems more substantial with heavy metal build, and very nice wood. I have seen/used the Monaco rack from GP - it's very high tech and nicely made, but I don't really care for the 'feel' of it - although the carbon fiber may be strong/desireable in it's mechanical properties, it's essentially a hollow thin shell. the shelves are nice (if you like clear acrylic), but the rear 1/2 seems not all that well supported. The feet are nicely machined, which is cool. I'd be more inclined to go with it if the carbon fiber was built as a tube fully enclosed on all sides instead of a U-shaped inverted channel (essentially). See one in person and you will see what I mean. Primarily, I use custom racks from this builder: http://www.bjtanner.com (he has the cover article in this month's Fine Woodworking magazine, FYI). Very nice build quality and fully custom, at less $ than the "big name" manufacturers. Mine are solid maple with birds-eye shelves.
enjoy
-Ed
Personally I think I'd take the RixRax. It seems more substantial with heavy metal build, and very nice wood. I have seen/used the Monaco rack from GP - it's very high tech and nicely made, but I don't really care for the 'feel' of it - although the carbon fiber may be strong/desireable in it's mechanical properties, it's essentially a hollow thin shell. the shelves are nice (if you like clear acrylic), but the rear 1/2 seems not all that well supported. The feet are nicely machined, which is cool. I'd be more inclined to go with it if the carbon fiber was built as a tube fully enclosed on all sides instead of a U-shaped inverted channel (essentially). See one in person and you will see what I mean. Primarily, I use custom racks from this builder: http://www.bjtanner.com (he has the cover article in this month's Fine Woodworking magazine, FYI). Very nice build quality and fully custom, at less $ than the "big name" manufacturers. Mine are solid maple with birds-eye shelves.
enjoy
-Ed