dad-gum-it!!! I'm trying to find a place either on the web or at a retail store that sells home theatre audio racks, such as these: http://www.targetaudio.com/hifihome.html http://www.marketware-tech.com/audvisfur.html I could go to home depot and spend $40 to make my own, but I'd rather buy one already made (plus I don't have the tools for wood working). Has anyone here bought one? Could you clue me in on why theses things are soo expensive?? I'd settle for one made of laminated particle board.7 responses total.
All things associated with high-end audio are expensive. Don't get me started about cables... What exactly do you need? You might check around for shelving systems which are about the same size but for a different application, like at OfficeMax. I myself like the pseudo-industrial wire rack shelving, some of which is made by a knock-off company for less than the usual stuff.
I couldn't get into the Target web site, but my recollection is that Target is marketing to the audio fanatics, the ones who think little of spending many thousands of dollars on components. My vague recollection is that Target stands are supposed to control vibrations, which are supposed to be bad for the sound if your equipment is being vibrated by the music you are playing. If you don't read the magazines The Absolute Sound or Stereophile, you probably don't want to shop for Target stands. I looked at the marketware-tech.com site. I don't see any claims of special audio properties for their stands: it looks like they are selling Fine Furniture. "Crystal clear glass and solid hardwoods are brought together with the artistry of the Cramer Studio's styling..." Buying their stuff would seem to be a lifestyle choice. We have an expensive, vibration-damping turntable stand, but the rest of the stereo electronics in our house sit on a 1960's style wire rack which Leslie's stepfather gave her 20 years ago. If particle board is all you want, my suggestion is that you measure what you need -- in terms of your equipment and your living space -- and then go looking at bookshelves and other sorts of shelving and storage units at places like Meijer, Kmart or Home Depot. I doubt stuff like that is sold on the web much any more, because the ratio of shipping cost to purchase cost is so high. For most units not designed for electronics toys, you may want to buy or borrow a drill so you can make holes in the back to run cables through the back panel.
/tpryan gets They Might be Giants in his head and sings "...particle board, particle board, that's how I keep my records stored".
hmmm...wire rack shelfs would be nice....
I never thought of Target as marketing to the high end of anything, except maybe the high end of polyester clothes.
Different company, from the way the web page looked.
Ah, the http://www.targetaudio.com web page is back up. From the home page: "((Target)) identified a need for products that truly helped equipment perform sonically without interfering with unwanted vibrations and movement (a normal book shelf or standard furniture is not designed for such high degrees of rigidity)." Also, the company is British, so my guess is there are enormous shipping costs if an American buys their products.
You have several choices: