Salamander racks?

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.

I own an archetype 5 shelf unit and they do look good they are not too big but they are not the most solid units. I have tightened the nuts on these things and you still get some sway. It needs some cross bracing to be really solid. That said I have tuner, phono stage, cdp, and turntable on it and it works well. the turntable is isolated with 3 silicon balls and 1 1/4 inch slab of granite, the cdp with 4 vibrapods and another slab of granite. I dont think im getting too much noise via the TT.

i got mine used here for $80 so not a big problem for me.

Are there any other manufacturers that make quality racks under 200, even if they are not as visually pleasing as the salamanders?

I recvd an AudioAdvisor catalog today. They are offering a three shelf Sanus stand for $179. I have no experience with the Sanus stands but they are in your price range.
Not sure what kind of vibration dampening $200 will buy. I built my own Archetype style rack with Slate shelves. It's very heavy, solid, doesn't wobble and cost less than $200.

Well from your feedback it seems that on a college budget I cant realy afford a rack with built in dampening. So I decided to call my dealer and order the archetype 2.0 in cherry and he gave me 15 percent of because I am a "valuable customer". I figure for much less than it would cost to buy a rack with dampening features I can isolate my equipment with things as simple as the erasers mentioned above by TVAD. I am sure this approach will yield a better cost/performance ratio. Thanks to all for your help.