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Salamander racks?

Hello, I am interested for a two shelf audiophile equipments rack. I am mainly looking for something to provide dampening and vibration control at an affordable price. My dealer reccommended the salamander 2.0 archetpe, he said this is an audiophile rack and costs 160. I would like for this rack to cost as little as possible and offer high performance with looks being a lesser priority. What can you reccomend as far as component racks go?
bigmoneyv4
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swampwalker
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I like the Salamander racks for storage/display but they do not have any vibration control or damping features.
bigmoneyv4 OP
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What racks provide good performance?
tvad
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I agree with Swampwalker. The Salamander racks are utilitarian, and they look fairly good, but from a audiophile vibration control perspective, they offer very little benefit.

I own a Salamander Synergy cabinet, and I tweaked it with a couple of custom sized Neuance shelves, and I put 1/8" sorbothane between all the shelves and shelf supports.

These two tweaks go a long way to minimizing vibration. However, the Neuance shelves are no longer made.

Perhaps replacing the stock shelves with maple shelves would help, but it'd break your budget.

Another really inexpensive tweak I use under my preamp and power supply are Sanford ArtGum erasers. About $2.50 for three.
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