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Wood Audio Stands.

Hi all, what would the harm be to go to a lumber yard and have some mapl cut to put under your components? Seems like many amp stands or cd stands are made out of well, wood. I have a glass shelved audio stand that's two levels. Vibration and microdynamic protection is something I have not thought of too much. My system is as follows:

Aragon 8008bb power amp
Musical Fidelity A3cr Pre-amp
Cal Audio Labs Alpha-Delta
Mirage m5si speakers
PsAudio p-300 power plant (soon to arrive,will plug the Cal's and Pre to it)
Audioquest bi wired speaker cable
Signal Cable power cord from amp to wall
Signal cable digital cables (from the Cal's)
Signal Cable analog II interconnects.
A Ps Audio power cord most likely from the PP to the wall
Thanks, Mark
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bgrazman
226 posts
 
Transport YES

TT YES

(for me, Supratek Preamp yes)

Other solid state (Amp, tt motor controller, tuner) not so much
bgrazman
226 posts
 
Not to sound like a flake, but some of my components sound better on wood, others thrive on different materials. Just putting wood over glass may not get you where you want... might want to put some kind of vibration isolation--rubber pucks (or their more expensive cousins), one of the ball bearing systems (aurios, fim, etc.), air (try a bicycle innertube inflated just enough to raise the wood), even sand (build a small sandbox).

There's lots of room for hours of DIY fun here...

good luck,
brent
bgrazman
226 posts
 
I had the biggest difference in sources first (lots of potential mechanical vibration issues), then tubed equipment, then I used the discards for the solid state (didn't hear a lot, but the costs were already sunk).

brent

PS in terms of Maple, I have my TT on 1 3" slab--I'm a big fan of throwing high mass into the equation (the Aries TT is no lightweight either).
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