Cheap amp stands?

Oh , how embarassing . Am I the only one who thinks the silver mana looks quite sexy

 

So then you are in an excellent position to tailor your points to suit the sceptic. What would have pursuaded you to turn to Mana earlier? Surely not endless sly remarks?

 

I was looking for a replacement wall shelf for the LP12. My dealer recommended Mana, and it kind-of got completely out of hand after that.

The silver looks good, and so does the black (you can specify any colour you like, btw) but it doesn't photograph well. I think it would look very nice in one of those 'loft-style' apartments with exposed internal brick walls.

 

Andy ,
Another thought , for if you went for a diy single story rack .
If you used a sizeable cross member (2" angle with the angle at the bottom facing inwards).
You could rig up a neat raised air platform .(air tube sitting on the internal angle - undersized shelf sitting on the tube and finishing flush with the top outside edge of the angle .)
if you follow

 

Yep I follow, not a bad idea actually. Would overcome some of the floor induced problems.

Can we leave the mana out of it now, seeing as i wont be using it.

 

Why do you need an 'amp stand'? Put it on the floor, if the carpet will interfere with the cooling then use a piece of MDF cut to size.

Paul

 

Paul,
The floor is un-even so something with 3 legs/udjustable spikes would be helpful.

 

You could source some long spikes from Mana (evils?) and apply those to the MDF. I see that Maplin want £2 a piece for some naff ones, which seems over the top.

OTOH a coin under the low corner would do as well.

Paul

 

I think falcon acoustics do the spikes with the wood inserts.
I do have some black walnut i may be able to utilise. Would look nnice.

 

All my gear sits on the floor, though I have some DIY cork feet under my speakers as rudimentary decoupling.

One day I decided that stands made no difference, so I got rid my stands and decided I could hear no difference, and I lived happily ever after. It's the shortest path to earth, after all.

I think a big amp just sitting on the floor looks really cool, too.

 

How uneven are your floors ? Do the spikes have to be adjustable. I found that Michell Tenderfeet cones work quite well, i use the low ones under my speaker support thingy's, but they do longer spikier ones. Another little trick I've found ( from when i made a steel wallshelf ), was that if you use just three spikes/cones although the structure is pretty muh self levelling, there is a possibility that the top plate could tilt if you put any extra weight on one corner. To greatly reduce the effects of this and prevent possible disaster i always put one of them stick on rubber 'Hi-Fi' feet on each un-spiked corner. You need to do it so that it doesn't actually touch, but just act as a buffer if the top plate does tilt a little to preven it tilting too far.
Hmmm... does that make sense....

How abot using a nice solid chunk of 20 or 25mm Brazillian plywood to make your top plate from. It polishes up quite nice if you take some time rubbing it down and doing some preparation. It is also reasonably light but very strong.

 

What about a really cut down TNT-Flexy, smaller rods and only one shelf, shouldn't cost more than about £10-£15 in total?

http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/flexye.html

Or a simply isolation platform for a CD?? I have the atacama staticstage which was £30, don't know if it will cope with a heavy amp though

 

S&C, yep makes sense and a good idea.

Andrew, most of my kit is on a flexy, i fancy something a bit more stable than house of cards