Show me your RACK - Page 29

I would have to say it is very unique setup you have there, it must be nice to be able to buy these things..

Stuff the rack - I want to see what sort of room needs all that - pics please!

MD1953's is full of all sorts of win. Good job!

This CANT be real This is only your 4th post here AND tell us how in the world you reach the components to adjust settings, insert a dvd or cd or anything else? Also if you look at the 2nd pic it doesnt appear to be centered very well, the space from the top left corner to the ceiling and the top right corner to the ceiling isnt or doesnt appear to be the same. Give us more here

the 2 CD players and playstation on on the very bottom anb can be loaded at 4'5" level - i am 6 feet and have no problem. it looks offcenter in the picture but it looks perfectly centered in person, i promise its real....

true, this is my forth post, I dont know much, so I hired 2 AV guys that spent 2 weeks wiring my house....

i have a third floor I converted from an office to a media room,

The stairwell wraps around so as you are walking up to the third floor,, BAM BAM, quite the shock value when you are going to walk up to watch a movie, powered by all mcintosh eqip, it looks and operates great..

here are some more pics...

The reason i decided on this location is because nobody would ever know about the media set up unless you were going to enter the media room, i wanted it totally out of the way and set up at a location where its not in the way or set up where it would be overwhelming in a main location

Wow too insane though it still appears to be off center. In post #846, the 3rd pic in it appears the distance from the top corners to the ceiling is not uniform but it may just be the picture angle. I have a question......how do you access the back of the equipment? Oh those seats are sweeeeeeet!!

Nice elegant rack mount system

Pics of my MA SRSR-4-27:








I'm getting ready to load some more gear in there and remove the vented plates and add an active exhuast to a downstairs closet. 2-Crestron control CP2e, crestron wholehouse amp, FIOS set top box.

I'm also looking to redo the casing... just looks kind of plain.

Was finally able to find some time to get my rack finished up and laced. Also got all my new Marantz gear as well

Isn't this rack being featured in the upcoming Electronic House DIY issue?

No, my theater is though
I could not get the rack done in time

My HT rack. Nothing fancy but it works for my apartment... and i can always use it for computer stuff down the road if my requirements change.

The floor around it has since been cleaned up.
EDIT:
attached a wrong photo.

Hey I know that equipment closet. Saw it on the dvd

The very one. It made it into the new EH DIY book too. Should be out at the end of the month.
Very happy with it and now that I opened up my own shop, the cost to upgrade was not that much

I don't see a DVD player in there but that could always be on the bottom of the rack. Not like much of the gear needs to be physically accessed. Certainly a striking looking installation.

Still incomplete, but operation at least. Custom made by me with plywood and bubble gum.








I still need to make all the trim for it and then take it all apart and paint it but for now it gets all my equipment off the floor while i take care of some other things.

Very nice looking.
You say you still need to paint it?
I like the tan/brown finish in the second photo, which makes it looks finished to me.

I suppose i could leave it natural...I never really thought about it. I was just going to paint it to match the rest of the wood work in the room. The photos make it look nicer than it is. There are several spots that need to be filled and sanded down so that was another reason to paint rather than finish. I still need to put edging on the front of the shelving too...right now its just the end of plywood...so not very pretty...although i bet Corock would disagree with me.

Here is mine. Cut a hole and built this a while back.
all of the wiring is accessible from the back in a storage room.



Two doors, one is opened and one is closed.

nice look mad!!

Looks to me like the rack is centered. It is the ceiling that isn't uniform (look at the length of each slanted portion)--probably due to structural issues above it. I had a similar ceiling on my third floor before renovating.

That rack setup with those McIntosh amps is just awesome, but unless those racks slide out and rotate, I think the installer has provided himself a lifetime engagement

"nice look mad!!"
Thanks Mystic, I appreciate the comment.

I have been working with a pretty tight budget over the years, so I have to build some of my own stuff.

Mad

There is a door on the third floor that leads to the back of the racks, otherwise itnwould be a heck of a nightmare trying to access, no doubt. Now that I study the ceiling, it is possible that it is off center, but the pictures make it look lot worse, walking up the stairs, it looks very symmetrical

Lots of good racks and ideas in this forum.

I guess I'll throw my newest stuff in this thread. I just got a slim 5-43 and a but load of custom cut faces and shelves, perforated fillers, brush grommet, fan top, and a 3" drawer. All in brushed anodized. I'll toss in some newer pic when the room is roughed in and the rack is where I is supposed to be. Alot o nice setups in here.

I've always browsed AVS forum but never posted. Here are some pictures of my rack I built from scratch in my home theater (part of my finished basement remodel). What you think?

Materials: 3/4" MDF trimmed out with rough cut cedar. 4' x 8' Faux brick panel board around it.

Looks good!

Hey wposey,
I am doing something very similar in build, how did you fasten your MDF panels together? Looks like screws? What stops them from stripping out of the mdf?

Awesome rack system. Good job