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Hi all
I’ve had to rearrange my rack to better organise things and decided to move my Mac 1.2KW’s out from the bottom shelf so things are not so cramped. I actually don’t mind the look of the Amps sitting beside each speaker and then my Quadraspire rack in the middle. The big question is whether sitting the amps straight on the floor, given I have a suspended bamboo floor, is the best place for the amp as opposed to putting it on some amp stands. I’m more worried about resonance than dust.... I’d love to hear what others have done or found in terms of placing amps directly on the floor v stands or even footers under the amps. |
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I have my 1.2KW's on HRS M3X2 plates placed out by the speakers. Its quite a noticeable sonic improvement over being placed directly on the floor. I have also used stillpoints with amps and while they were in a rack, I wouldnt hesitate using them in a wood floor scenario as long as ultra bases were used.
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Murphy's Law: Glass faced McIntosh amplifiers sitting on the floor eventually meet misguided vacuum cleaners.
Get those 1.2KW amplifiers up on amp stands.
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Cool - I wasn’t aware of the HRS isolation bases but they look interesting. I’m assuming you put the amps straight on the bases as they are and didn’t take the stock feet off? I wasn’t sure with the stillpoints directly on the floor given the suspended floor I have whereby it seems that decoupling from the floor is preferred and stillpoints from my knowledge wouldn’t do this. |
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Good point Dan! I’d hate to have to takeover vacuuming duties to make sure that never happened!! |
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Since you have a Quadraspire rack, you could use matching Quadraspire SVT amp stands - a single shelf with feet and tops. You get ventilation, good isolation, and should your plans change, they can be repurposed in a rack.
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Tony "Have you seen the stars tonight?" ________________________________ Main system: Linn Klimax Katalyst DSM; D’Agostino Momentum S250 & HD pre; Rega RP10 w/Rega Aphelion; Boulder 508; Sonus faber Amati Futura, REL Carbon Special; Shunyata Everest, Alpha & Sigma PC, Alpha IC & SC; UpTone EtherRegen; Quadraspire Sunoko-Vent T, ISOAcoustics Orea & HRS Damping 2nd system: Luxman SQ-N100, Sonus faber Minima Amator II, REL T-5, refurbished AR XA w/Nagaoka MP-200 & VPI cabling, Linn Klimax DSM Renew, Shunyata PS8 w/Defender & Viper, Nordost Blue Heaven PC & IC, Shunyata Venom sc, Symposium Svelte Shelves Workshop: Vintage Yamaha CA-1010 & CT-1010, PSB Imagine Mini, Squeezebox Touch, Schiit BiFrost, AZ & WW cables Digital Streaming source: SonicTransporter i7 w/Roon, Synology DS420+, English Electric 8switch Personal audio: Woo WA22, WA7 & WA8; Auralic Aries Mini, Sonore MicroRendu & UltraRendu; Shure SE535, Shure SH1540, Westone ES50 Custom, Sennheiser HD820, MrSpeakers Aeon Flow C; Various Moon Audio dragons Video: Sony XBR65X850C; Apple TV-4; Vienna Schönberg L/R, Webern center & surrounds; REL T1, T2, & T3; Arcam AVR850; Cambridge Audio 752BD; MIT-EXP SC |
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Agree and that’s probably my first choice at this stage given the matching and fact I’m really happy with their racks. I would probably pair with the QX7 feet which I use on my rack as I think they help with the floor I have... Thanks for your input! |
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Talk to Ivan about Sound Anchor stands.
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The majority of stands lift your amps off the floor but there are stands that offer isolation and vibration control - the difference can be impressive.
SRA Virginia Class or Ohio Class amp stands |
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