Rhythm Thief
Veteran
Ms RT wants her table back. So I need to find somewhere else to put my stereo system. Off I went to ebay to have a look for a hi fi rack.
Now, I know that hi fi buffs (and I suppose I am one) are possibly even more obsessive than cyclists when it comes to gear, but I was staggered by the price of these things. Nearly £800 for a set of shelves, in one instance! The cheapest I've found (which admittedly is a nice piece of furniture rather than a stainless steel and glass thing) which would accommodate my hi fi components, is around £300. Three hundred quid!
Anyway. reading various threads on hi fi forums, I notice that the contributors seem to be full of the virtues of this stand or that stand, or saying things like "well, the Quadraspire reference range has holes in the shelves which makes for better isolation and a more natural sound", and so on and so forth. Now, I've always had my hi fi things on an old pub table with a tiled top and it's never sounded inferior to me. I wouldn't know better isolation if I fished it out of my soup. Does this sort of thing really make a difference, and, if I had a spare £300 (ha!), would it be worth spending it on a glorified shelf unit?
Now, I know that hi fi buffs (and I suppose I am one) are possibly even more obsessive than cyclists when it comes to gear, but I was staggered by the price of these things. Nearly £800 for a set of shelves, in one instance! The cheapest I've found (which admittedly is a nice piece of furniture rather than a stainless steel and glass thing) which would accommodate my hi fi components, is around £300. Three hundred quid!
Anyway. reading various threads on hi fi forums, I notice that the contributors seem to be full of the virtues of this stand or that stand, or saying things like "well, the Quadraspire reference range has holes in the shelves which makes for better isolation and a more natural sound", and so on and so forth. Now, I've always had my hi fi things on an old pub table with a tiled top and it's never sounded inferior to me. I wouldn't know better isolation if I fished it out of my soup. Does this sort of thing really make a difference, and, if I had a spare £300 (ha!), would it be worth spending it on a glorified shelf unit?