Racks made of wood


Hello,

I recently got a new turntable (Audio Note TT2dlx) and am looking to find a piece of furniture for it. It's currently on a $20 IKEA table. A wall mount is unfortunately impossible, so I'm left with the option of a rack. It's a wooden floor. I'm interested in a rack made of wood because I think wood looks nice. I fell over the "Podium Reference" of maple from UK company Hi Fi Racks. Any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you


fabsound
As the previous post states,Core audio stands are beautiful, and their isolation of components seems excellent.

Agon user: solidwood. Very nice designs for reasonable cost.
Do an equipment search on: Timbernation
P.S. No relation...

 Core Audio racks are excellent. I have Zoethecus wood racks for all of my electronics, they are very similar to Core racks. But for a turntable, isolation is important. Especially on a suspended wood floor. I use a metal VPI turntable stand filled with sand. My turntable sits on a maple slab with spikes on top of the VPI stand. Before I had the VPI I had my turntable on top of the Zoethecus. It was not a good solution which is why I got the VPI. The VPI is rock solid stable and I no longer have to tip toe so the record doesn't skip. If a wall shelf is not an option, a sand filled metal stand is the way to go.




My turntable is on a Sound Anchors turntable stand which I highly recommend, but it is steel.  I also have a Box Furniture rack that I use for my preamps and it sounds and looks very nice.  I am sure a turntable would sound just fine on it too but I haven't actually tried that. 
@fabsound - those look like very nice stands

My only comments
- I’ve found that solid wood shelves can suffer from a resonance issue
- I prefer stands with three legs - much easier to level the shelf - no "wobbles"

To combat resonance, I create a "sandwich" by
- placing a piece of that rubber mat with holes in (see link)
- placing a piece of granite on the rubber mat
- I used to use MDF, but granite is much nicer looking

http://image99.net/blog/files/3b1e019ed6bce1eec35dad4636fd815c-25.html

I also use my own DIY isolation feet - see
http://image99.net/blog/files/0915f27ce41639dc6e4bf13bff2cbcbb-24.html

They work better than spikes because they roll with minute vibrations as opposed to "anchor" the component to the shelf

My existing rack is a similar design, but is made of metal - the spikes on every shelf is very effective at isolating floor noise.

Good Luck - Steve