There are also many philosophies governing hi-fi rack design. Never underestimate the weight of your system, and treat safety as a primary consideration. A collapsing rack will destroy a system in a matter of seconds, and could cause serious injury to anyone standing near by. Pushing a rack to its limits is a bad idea. A good rack should be strong enough to support more than the weight of your system. Secondly, the rack should isolate the components from one another as well as from airborne vibrations and vibrations transferred through the floor. This is particularly true for large amplifiers, especially if you frequently push them hard as I do. Stuffing your components into an enclosed cabinet will trap the heat, possibly resulting in premature component failure. Good airflow between components is a must. It also needed to look nice, ideally matching the Ikea Kallax vinyl shelving.Ī good rack should achieve a few things. I wanted something with 6 shelves, neat cable management and the ability to easily add another shelf if required. The rack should be rigid and strong with the ability to hold deep components.
I was recently in a position where I needed to replace my existing rack. Higher end racks can set you back anywhere from £300-£700, while a bespoke rack can run into the thousands. This Norstone Bergen rack is a great option, though the three-legged design can interfere with the connections on deep components. Cheap racks such as this or This offer a good basic support, though they won’t safely support a significant amount of weight, nor will they support large components. Plenty of dedicated furniture exists to house systems of all shapes and sizes, though they vary widely in price, features, style and quality. Even with a small system comprised of one or two units, correct storage of your hi-fi is a must to get the best from your equipment and even to prolong its life. It does not store any personal data.As your hi-fi system grows, proper storage of your components becomes increasingly important. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin.
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Whilst the KALLAX has proved to be a worthy successor to the EXPEDIT, it’s still a rather bland option. In taking the EXPEDIT out of rotation, IKEA unveiled the KALLAX, a substitute of similar proportions that has since become the product of choice for records. That was two years ago but the music played on. Some threatened to forsake IKEA unless it continued producing the model.
The reaction caught IKEA off-guard.įor a generation, IKEA’s square build bookshelf had been the storage unit of choice for vinyl fanatics, taking advantage of the happy coincidence that each unit is the perfect height and depth for 12″ vinyl. So when, in 2014, IKEA announced that it would be discontinuing the range, collectors were up in arms.
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Some of their cunning ‘hacks’ can be rolled out like Swedish meatballs whilst others require power tools and lots of ingenuity.īelow IKEA Hackers founder Jules Yap runs down six fantastic hacks for vinyl lovers, plus a bonus one of our own.Įnter the house of pretty much any record collector in the world and you’re bound to stumble upon an EXPEDIT shelf. Say hej to IKEA Hackers – the mavericks that modify and repurpose IKEA products in the name of personality.
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