Do you LACK a RACK?

[Will]

I'm using an Ikea Corras here for my kit, with some extra MDF shelves on inner tubes under the cd player and amp for a bit of vibration absorbance. I keep meaning to put some spikes on the bottom in place of the standard castors, but never get round to it...might be a plan for today actually since I do have some spikes kicking around...

 

[technobear]

great look kit......did you think of spikes ?

For a more hi-tech look, one could make the legs a bit shorter still and add spikes

Still undecided. Not sure I could go through all that sawing again. Don't for one moment expect that it would affect the sound. It would look more hi-tech though. It's using blu-tak right now.

I've seen a number of web sites that expound the lack...what did it replace and are you happy with the performance ?

I have to say the system sounds no better and no worse than it did on Optimum or Quadraspire

The main shortcomings at the momennt are:

1) The pine chests rock back and forth on the carpet and swallow half the bass.

2) The room acoustics muddle what's left of the bass plus there's two much echo.

Speakers stands are on order to fix problem 1.

I am designing some bass traps and absorbers to deal with problem 2.

it was prompted at anyone one maybe interested...sigh...wasn't meant to offend!!

No offence taken. It was merely confusing




Edited by Dev after some thread pruning.

 

[inteificio]

Hmmm,
anyone else notice a large portion of this thread disappearing?

Dev - yes I did some pruning

Those ikea stands look good. unfortunatley my wife likes me to have fronts on my hifi rack...so i have a hifi cupboard. Which is kinda reasonable, only guys think hifi looks good any way.

anyone know any closed fronted racks in maple?

Edited by Dev (referred to deleted posts).

 

[Tons of Fun]

I've been interested in some of these stands for a while. The challenge however is that my Electrocompaniet is about 20 by 20 inches- are any of these budget miracles able to accomodate something like that?

 

[Dexter]

I've been interested in some of these stands for a while. The challenge however is that my Electrocompaniet is about 20 by 20 inches- are any of these budget miracles able to accomodate something like that?

The LACK measures about 21½ inches squared, so theoretically it could accomodate your Electrocompaniet. But I imagine that it in itself is also literally a "Ton of Fun" so the question becomes whether or not the LACK would be able to handle the weight without screaming!

One possibility would be to simply use a combination of LACK tabletops, as I've done with my Roksan Xerxes.20:

(Sorry, just can't help showing her off! )

Cheers, Dex

P.S. Amazing what a little bit of editing can do to breathe life back into a tired thread...well done!

 

[Tons of Fun]

Good thoughts but the reason why I want to dispense with my Optimum is that the ECI3 is already on the top of that and I would like to have my turntable on the top. The ECI3 weighs about 13-14kg- is that LACK crushing territory?

 

[analoguekid]

Good thoughts but the reason why I want to dispense with my Optimum is that the ECI3 is already on the top of that and I would like to have my turntable on the top. The ECI3 weighs about 13-14kg- is that LACK crushing territory?

for a short while I had a 33kg amp and 12kg pre on top of that, and it was fine, currently using an Ikea TV bench, nice big top and can take 100kgs

 

[Dexter]

The ECI3 weighs about 13-14kg- is that LACK crushing territory?

Certainly not, in fact it's just about the same as my Xerxes. (Mind you, I've seen some large Electrocompaniets so I was guessing >30kg+).

 

[Dexter]

for a short while I had a 33kg amp and 12kg pre on top of that, and it was fine, currently using an Ikea TV bench, nice big top and can take 100kgs

Nice pic, where's the TT, Paul?

 

[Tons of Fun]

(Mind you, I've seen some large Electrocompaniets so I was guessing >30kg+).

Yeah- mine is the baby of the range- the AW250 and others are 40kg+. One day...... :JPS:.

 

[analoguekid]

Nice pic, where's the TT, Paul?

Bit redundant atm dex, audioorigami is gonna service it (old thorens) and may put it on a stands unique wall shelf I have in another room, really like the look of the xerxes, no wondr you keep posting pics, bet it sounds stunning, just wait till you get an artemiz for it

 

[technobear]

The ATC amp that you see in the first post weighs 19 kg

LACK is not weak. I sat on it to seat the blu-tak firmly

 

[inteificio]

Hey dexter just getting curious what that lamp thingy is on your TT.

Have you taken the old "put a blue LED inside your CDP to make it sound great" just little bit to far? =-)

 

[Dexter]

Hey dexter just getting curious what that lamp thingy is on your TT.

Peter, it is the IKEA KABY clamp spotlight for £9.99 (most appropriate as this is an IKEA-based thread! ) Really sets the mood for those late-night listening sessions!

Have you taken the old "put a blue LED inside your CDP to make it sound great" just little bit to far? =-)

In what way?

Best, Dex

 

[Anex]

Looks like a cue-ing lamp to me. I find mine v useful

Posted together

 

[rsand]

I thought it was some kind of pump for a DIY air platform

 

[technobear]

1) The pine chests rock back and forth on the carpet and swallow half the bass.

Doh! I'm being a bit slow this week

I've now done the very obvious and put the pine chests on the black slabs that the Castles used to sit on. The bass is now much improved. In fact the sound generally is much improved. They can still rock a bit but it's not so bad. Can't wait for the proper stands to arrive...

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

Here's my recent Ikea addition:

Prior to that I was using a Mana 4 tier amp stand. That actually worked really well with my old Naim kit, but seemed to rather upset the Meridian transport, so had to go. The good news is that the sale of the Mana nearly paid for the 500 transport.