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How to properly put audio equipment on top of an antique buffet cabinet?

Dear,

My granddad recently had to move from his house to a retirement home and I acquired some paintings and an awesome antique buffet cabinet. It’s a sturdy handcrafted piece, but the top is not entirely massive wood. I use two MDF boards as a bridge to host my NAD M2 and M50. I’m curious to learn from your advice on how to improve this.

- The units were next to each other as you can see in the picture, I’m still experimenting. What would be best?
- Should I search a marble or granite stone slab to put underneath?
- Is there some small audio furniture that could be used?

Thanks upfront,
Koen
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dill
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I suggest a maple platform with cork/rubber pads under the platform.
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sfar
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If you do use any kind of footers under whatever material you use for the base be aware that some of them, rubber, sorbothane, etc., will permanently stain a wood surface. Isolate any of those viscous substances from a wood finish.
tomcarr
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Nice gear! Gorgeous antique buffet cabinet!
Now move that cabinet away from those speakers!!!
Ideally it would be on one of the side walls.
Do room treatment if you can.
You will be amazed how much better your expensive system will sound when it's set up correctly.
Jim Smith's book Get Better Sound is very helpful. It helped me.

Tom
reubent
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If your goal is to protect that nice piece of furniture, you will not want any feet/footers/etc. resting directly on the wood. They may leave marks/spots on the furniture. You could get a granite/marble slab, or a maple butcher block slab and cut a piece of felt to put on the bottom of the slab. The felt should protect the wood finish from scratches or spots. Spray adhesive on the bottom of the slab will hold the felt in place.
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How does the equipment manage to stay on the buffet cabinet upside down?


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