Well yesterday I bought an expensive rack:rolleyes: Today it's for sale on hififorsale, it just doesn't do what I want in my system. Playing around, we found some really interesting stuff for those who look to Ikea for all stands HiFi. Basically Ivor had a point:eek: For some time I have had my Tact preamp placed on a Seismic Sink, which in turn sat on a £12 Ikea Lack table. Something just sounded right about the combo. Problem was that it looked crap. plus it took up too much space, with a standard rack next to it. I had tried the old angle iron and glass, not for me;) So I went for a Finite Element Pagode, the looks are stunning and it has been getting good feedback for a long time. Well once assembled, the sound was changed considerably. Bass became tighter and more powerful, soundstage increased and the top end was smooth as silk. Problem was, in a very controlled system, such as mine, it was also drier and took away some of the presence. I could see it working absolute marvels in a lot of setups, but in mine, I was losing too much bounce and presence. The FE exibited tremendous control though. First thing was to reinstate the Sink under the Transport. Better! The system loosened up a bit and flowed a little better. Next we put the other Sink under the Tact. Again an improvement in what you guys would call groove. We now had a similar presentation to the old setup, but with better bass definition, speed and impact. But the feeling was still there that the old Ikea setup flowed better. With this in mind we put the Tact & SS back on the Lack:eek: boogie's back:D Now the system bounced and flowed like before, but with enhanced bass from the rest of the kit on the FE. Problem was the system was now just as spread out, and nearly as much of an eyesore as before (plus I'd just dropped a grand on a stand that I preferred to use with Sinks and Ikea tables:D ). So the final tweak, was to remove the legs from the Ikea table, and use the top as a platform under the Sink on the FE (still with me:D ). Sounds bloody great:eek: Yep there's more colouration in the lower mid/upper bass than with the FE alone, but the boogie factor is there in abundence. So I reckon Mr Teifleburn was right. He used a suspended component placed on a Lack table. the LP12 was all about the groove, screw the coloured upper bass, just get into the music. Well placing your component on a Seismic Sink and placing those on the Lack top shelf is actually the same idea (ie suspended component on Lack). And it works really well, presence galore, with fruity bass that flows and gets you into the music. So I reckon those of you using sinks, should try a Lack underneath it and see if it's to your taste. I'm selling the Pagode (which would work superbly in a more lively system. ie. valves etc) and thinking of making a copy, using a combination of Lack shelves, marble shelves, and Seismic Sinks. BTW, the Lack without it's legs, looks proper Audiophile:D