Glass audio rack

[DirkDirkin]

Looking for a unit to put my audio gear on.
Anyone tell me if these units are any good: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=427841123

Cheers!

[Mike A]

Pity you are so far south as I have just emptied a 6 level Soul to Sole rack which I will be looking to move on :rolleyes:

[DirkDirkin]

love the love the look of the Soul to Sole rack...... I work in transport industry so distance no bigee. PM me if you want to talk dollars and details

[Michael Wong]

Glass shelved racks usually don't sound very good.

The S to S's on the other hand are great products.

[Mike A]

PM sent.

[got tinnitus]

I've eschewed glass shelved racks based on the belief they didn't sound good.

However Naim's very expensive Fraim racks are glass topped. But there are a lot of components within the rack such as ball-n-nut type suspension. I guess it's all in the implementation...

[Robocop]

It is the implementation.

At that price $60 buy now it is worth a try. One piece of glass is about that price not toughened. As long as the structure is rigid. Don't worry about spiking rack to floor. I prefer rack floating on carpet rather than spiked to wooden floor which also has the speakers spiked to it.
Glass is reflective so you could place a cloth or similar material on glass under component to reduce this.

I prefer metal/glass/granite/mass to wood but it can brighten the sound.

I note "got tinnitus" you have the Finite-Pagode which I rate about the best in the world truly designed from the ground up which is much more than most Hi-Fi racks which are a fashion statement with little regard to sound.

[sirAndy]

I have a glass rack (with steel legs, very heavy), similar to the one on TM and it sounds better than when my gear was on a solid Rimu cabinet. I now have granite on the shelves under all my components which is even better. If you get the glass, I'd definitely recommend a granite slab at least under a turntable if you have one.
For $60 it's well worth a shot!

[tkr001]

I have just replaced my glass rack with a Soul to Sole. The difference is not insignificant and is for the better.

[DirkDirkin]

Hi guys, thanks for advise. Most appreciated. Ended up buying the rack for $60 and find the changes to my system (and Sky picture quality etc) astounding. And it looks good and matches my Mission stands, so all in all wrapt!

[Puunda]

I need a wide rack to fit all my gear into, and it looks like I'll have to get one customs made :( The one I have is custom made, but still not big enough. Hard to find a decent rack at a good price. You did very well at $60