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Is it idiotic to stack an amp and tuner directly on top of a CD player?

Would it be idiotic to place a very heavy and solid Electrocompaniet CD player directly underneath a heavy vintage Accuphase integrated amp and tuner? Would the vibrations degrade the CD player performance, or would the weight mitigate that issue to a large extent?

The amp runs quite warm, so I'd rather it be on top.

Also, if it is an obvious mistake, are there any stand-alone isolation shelves, or other work-arounds, that would look nice, and wouldn't cost a small fortune?

Thanks for your input!

Tony
whipsaw
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gdhal
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Idiotic no, but definitely not the right thing to do. Like your amp, the CD player needs to breathe and more than likely has air vents that are blocked or partially blocked by placing anything on top of it.

If you need/want an extremely good audio video rack that is highly customizable and relatively inexpensive as far as high-end A/V racks go, look no further than Salamander Designs.

http://www.salamanderdesigns.com/
mr_m
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You can also warp out the drawer and its mechanism causing it to not open or close properly. This kind of damage can be permanent and the unit would have to be serviced.
whipsaw OP
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Thanks. I have owned Salamander equipment before, and it is excellent. But I am attempting to work with a nice vintage wood piece of furniture.
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geoffkait
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I have a nagging suspicion the significant magnetic field and or the vibration produced by the transformer of the amp would probably have deleterious effects on the performance of the CD player. Not to mention on the amplifier itself. However, the two components could be fairly easily isolated from each other, both magnetic field wise and vibration wise.

whipsaw OP
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Thanks. I think that, as a temporary solution, I will stack the amp on the bottom, then the tuner, with the CD player on top. The tuner won't be on when the CD player is in use, and there will be enough space between the latter and the amp to reasonably disperse the heat.

Don't know about vibration issues, but it should be safe enough until I find a more elegant solution.
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