Markiii
19-01-2013, 19:05
so chaps
following my intro post some pics
overall lounge pics first
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m583/montechristo358/AV/63256599-3333-47C4-A96B-656B81C01B36-11235-000028949244E68D.jpg
AV gear on the left in more detail later but overall pic showing Monitor Audio RS6on granite plinths and 70" Sharp 836LE LED screen
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m583/montechristo358/AV/EEF568E2-CD43-48F6-BE48-E41E8C3C0014-11235-00002894B739B88E.jpg
The AV rack (if you can call it that) was a bit of a brainwave that I hoped was going to work.
The lounge was being completely gutted and remodelled so I took the opportunity.
The "Rack" is fed from a dedcated Ring from its own consumer unit in the garage behind that wall.
The actual rack itself is built from engineering bricks which go from the sub floor foundations all the way to the ceiling, each shelf is 10mm toughend glass which sits on metal brackets bolted directly to the engineering bricks with 3" frame fixing bolts.
The amp sits on a shelf built from concrete lintels to make sure it could cope with the weight.
My plan was to isolate everything in the rack from as many vibrations from the wooden floor as possible. The floor is 1" solid oak so pretty dead anyway, but the end result is I can jump on the floor near the rack and the turntable shelf neither feels any vibration or jumps, so I guess it worked as planned.
The rack has a false back to accomadate the cabling and the stud wall behnd the TV has wastes pipes inside carying the speaker cables so that I can change things without too much inconvenience.
The wife and I had an agreement that I could build what I wanted as long as it looked tidy, which again seens to have worked.
When I built it the sub was sitting elsewhere but the BK Downward Firing Monolith sub just happened to be a perfect fit for the gap at the bottom so I tried it.
very surprisingly its doesn't sound bloated there and its only used for movies so has no impact on the turntable anyway.
more to come
following my intro post some pics
overall lounge pics first
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m583/montechristo358/AV/63256599-3333-47C4-A96B-656B81C01B36-11235-000028949244E68D.jpg
AV gear on the left in more detail later but overall pic showing Monitor Audio RS6on granite plinths and 70" Sharp 836LE LED screen
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m583/montechristo358/AV/EEF568E2-CD43-48F6-BE48-E41E8C3C0014-11235-00002894B739B88E.jpg
The AV rack (if you can call it that) was a bit of a brainwave that I hoped was going to work.
The lounge was being completely gutted and remodelled so I took the opportunity.
The "Rack" is fed from a dedcated Ring from its own consumer unit in the garage behind that wall.
The actual rack itself is built from engineering bricks which go from the sub floor foundations all the way to the ceiling, each shelf is 10mm toughend glass which sits on metal brackets bolted directly to the engineering bricks with 3" frame fixing bolts.
The amp sits on a shelf built from concrete lintels to make sure it could cope with the weight.
My plan was to isolate everything in the rack from as many vibrations from the wooden floor as possible. The floor is 1" solid oak so pretty dead anyway, but the end result is I can jump on the floor near the rack and the turntable shelf neither feels any vibration or jumps, so I guess it worked as planned.
The rack has a false back to accomadate the cabling and the stud wall behnd the TV has wastes pipes inside carying the speaker cables so that I can change things without too much inconvenience.
The wife and I had an agreement that I could build what I wanted as long as it looked tidy, which again seens to have worked.
When I built it the sub was sitting elsewhere but the BK Downward Firing Monolith sub just happened to be a perfect fit for the gap at the bottom so I tried it.
very surprisingly its doesn't sound bloated there and its only used for movies so has no impact on the turntable anyway.
more to come