LACK Rack mk II

Agrees. This is really clever stuff.

 

what is the bottom shelf?

 

and there's enough room between legs for 430mm equipment?

 

It's a 30mm paving slab painted black

There's 450mm between the legs

 

Looks great TB, well done!

Looks better than many proper stands i've looked at, probably sounds just as good too - I've never been a believer of improved sound quality through a stand/rack.

 

Modular too... only 12 quid (plus spikes) per shelf, completely adjustable!

Might have to give this a try at some point in future

 

Supports do make a difference. I wouldn't be without the Seismic Sink under the CD player. As for comparing this to any of my previous stands, well it's very hard to do because one is relying on memory. The Seismic Sink more or less makes it irrelevent what's under the CD player. The ATC is built like a battleship anyway and is relatively immune to support or lack thereof. All I can say is that there are no obvious deficencies in the sound that were not present before. It all sounds much the same as it ever did. Nothing is obviously highlighted. Nothing is lacking although it's a little hard to judge the bass as the pine chests are doing the speakers no favours. Snare drums seem to have plenty of snap though. I wish Target would hurry up with my speaker stands.

 

I thought the LACK was square? Square isn't anywhere close to golden ratio - or are you talking about height/width?

Looks great though

Michael.

 

looking good.

just out of interest

where did you get the spikes and how did you fix them to the legs?

 

When ditton referred to 'classical proportions' I assumed he meant the progression of leg sizes. They aren't in the golden ratio to each other (1.618 : 1 : 0.618) as that would have made the top one too small and the bottom one too big. They aren't even in the same ratio although I did consider this. The inter-shelf spaces are in fact 5", 7" and 9". I would have had to make the bottom one 9.8" to be in ratio (5:7) but I think it turned out pretty good.

 

I got the spikes from Falcon Acoustics.

About half way down the page: http://www.falcon-acoustics.co.uk/pl28p9.htm

As you can see, all that is needed is a short 7mm hole in the centre of the leg and then hammer the spike base in (gently). Then just screw the spike into the base.

Be sure to protect the table top with card or something when seating the next level up. Then remove the cards one by one as you place the spike cups. A teensy (3mm) blob of Blu-tak stops the cups from moving.

 

I think it looks great, much better than the first version. I'd paint it black but it's a matter of taste and interior decoration. Now I want a SB 2

 

I wouldn't! I would just buy LACK side tables in black

And they're only £8 each

 

Funny... someone showed em that site the other day

The brown/black Lack tables with the "black chrome" spikes would make a nice understated rack I think

 

That's brilliant Chris. I wish I'd had the nous to do something similair when I bought my rack. Would have saved myself about £150.
Quality.
You should turn your building of it into an article for the front page

 

Did the spikes make any sonic difference?

 

Some like to take the easy road

 

CHris,

Could this be a new business venture for you? . If they are now "certified" HiFi racks, they are surely worth around £299, perhaps more if they sold as "modular".

 

Maybe. Could be my imagination. I got a new (to me) album last week. It was 'On Every Street' by Dire Straits. I heard it a few weeks ago when I visited the chap who bought my Castles. The first track contains a snare drum with a lovely tight fast snap to it. When I first played it on my system it didn't seem to snap quite as boldly as when I first heard it. Yesterday, it did just as when I first heard it. Was it the spikes? Who knows?

It looks more hi-tech though and it was worth it just for that.

 

Chris, you missed out on the hifi bargain of the month
http://www.premieredition.co.uk/csp/smp/prem/index.csp?Media=CEG001

just imagine the stereo effect of upgrading with spikes between this 'beautifully crafted woden music centre (plays singles, LPs and 78s as well as CDs and tapes)' and the 'high quality wooden veneered stand with cistomised space for storing CDs and LPs'.

still think your's has more classical style though ...