Rack Recommendations


Hello - I'm looking for a vertical rack recommendation for my system. I'm looking for something with 4 or 5 shelves and for it to be under 1k.

I'm considering a solid steel rack (5.4) or maybe even the new S5. Everything else I've seen is significantly more expensive. I'm wondering if there might be something I'm missing out there?

At the end of the day I'm skeptical of the value that these high dollar racks bring to a system and I'm more looking for something that "gets the job done".

My system includes:
Pass xp10
Pass x250.5
VPI Scount 2
Oppo 105
PS Audio GCPH

I appreciate any and all suggestions!
skyflyer04
Tried to post this a few minutes ago, but . . ..

Here's a second vote for the Salamander racks. I have a 5-shelf model for the primary system and a 4-shelf for the secondary. Both racks are on casters - - a huge convenience.
I must give credit where credit is due...Chris at Timbernation built me a beautiful custom rack from scratch to my measurements. He also stained the shelves to match my speakers. Not only does is look great but is incredibly sturdy. As for sound and isolation there is no longer any need for footers or fancy feet just the stock feet. All this for under $1k built to extreme tolerances and easy to assemble.
These racks have come along way from the days of the old Target stands. I am using a variety of the fancy stuff about which you express sketpticism- (Grand Prix Monaco with carbon fiber shelves and all the bells and whistles and HRS, as well as a big shelving platform that was custom made by Finite Elemente back in the day for my turntable)- and not so long ago had Adona, mentioned above, build me a small platform for my phono power supply. They use constrained layer damping for the shelving and platform material; it was relatively inexpensive and for decoupling, I use Stillpoints SS. Very effective. (Even Mike Lavigne, who has one of the uber systems here, is using an Adona stand for his turntable and preamp, unless he has recently changed it out). They make all sorts of stands and platforms to order and aren't terribly expensive- a bit more than you indicated you want to spend but not silly money. You may need to consider additional component isolation beyond what the stands themselves provide but I'd second the vote on that company as a possibly- even with a custom job, they were pretty fast and easy to deal with.
Typo correction: "Skepticism" but you knew what i meant. Damn, the post editing function rarely functions.
Good luck!
Bill Hart
Thank you all for the feedback.

My $1,000 budget is due to both budget and skepticism. I don't want to overspend, I simply am looking for something that gets the job done at a reasonable cost.

I suppose if there is a significant improvement to be had I would consider spending the additional money. I do like the Adona racks I see here on audiogon.