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suggestions on affordable equipment stands.

i have a basic stereo system with lots of tweaks because this is part of the hobby i like. my goal is to get the best sound quality for budget prices so i use emotiva amp, pre and cd. music fidelity vdac. magnepan mmg speakers with dual deq velodyne subs. i have improved the performance of my system with isonodes , room tune and bass traps room treatments, furman and ps audio ac improvements and all morrow audio cables. today i put all my gear on a slab of concrete resting on tennis balls and some thick wood butcher blocks between each component. the system was on a glass shelved metal rack from walmart. isolated with vibrapods but still from walmart. the sound quality is improved and i suspect resonance from the metal and glass were a problem. any opinions on this or suggestions about a inexpensive rack that would help ? thanks john
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hotmailjbc OP
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thanks for all the great suggestions. these will keep me busy for a few weeks
hotmailjbc OP
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thanks. i like the price and have ikea chairs already. i,ve read that maple wood is a low resonance material. most of the audiophile cabinets i see are really expensive so i like to try and figure these things out thru experimenting.
hotmailjbc OP
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thanks for the encouragement.. the the pictures of the racks are very nice and i like the theory. i've read lots of good things about the sonic characteristics of maple so i,m going to start on this..
hotmailjbc OP
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thanks for the response. your equipment rack and setup is very nice. the links are helpful. i.m leaning toward maple butcher blocks and those boos products are what i was looking for that are commercially available. if i go another direction i still have some great butcher blocks.
hotmailjbc OP
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i like those boos blocks. thanks
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