Thread: Hi Fi Racks

Nice work MC. Crikey you must have a lot of components!

I have to make one myself pretty soon and have been mulling over some design ideas. I like the idea of the drop down spacers as they could be changed when a different height component finds its way into the system (all too frequent these days, although not much new lately for me).

I'm pretty sick of dust on the components so mine will be enclosed and I will add a 5" exhaust fan mounted behind the amp (which will be the uppermost component, except for the turntable - must get a booster for the moving coil cartridge - previous stereo amp had it built in). I had a cabinet built about 20 years ago with a 3" fan in it and it did the job but was a bit intrusive during classical music. These are supposed to be <30db, 'cept I don't have any idea how quiet 30db is .

The amount of cables these days is problematic too, particularly for enclosing. Reckon I'll have a back with a gap at the bottom for speaker and TV cables to egress and see if I can source some really short cables for going between the components in the rack (bunching them up with cable ties gets a bit bulky with the number of different ones required).

Nicely done MC!!!

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

These are supposed to be <30db,

You'd be better off getting a few computer cooling fans - there are plenty for low/no noise applications (silent computing is a bit of a thing when you've got a rig that needs four fans to keep it cool).
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_t...at=0&_from=R40

30db is about quiet library quiet. If you've got a smartphone, there are rough and ready decibel meter apps.

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

You'd be better off getting a few computer cooling fans - there are plenty for low/no noise applications (silent computing is a bit of a thing when you've got a rig that needs four fans to keep it cool).
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_t...at=0&_from=R40

30db is about quiet library quiet. If you've got a smartphone, there are rough and ready decibel meter apps.

Cheers MS, I'll check that link out. Nah, I've got a Stupid Phone, but funnily enough, even though it's 7 years old it still makes really excellent phone calls.

Great build on making racks for the Hi Fi.

A phone that makes actually makes phone calls? How novel!

I thought phones were for facebook and twitter and angry birds and watching videos and listening to that market researched talentless aural pollution the younger generation calls pop music.

Noctua are one of the better quiet brands (7db suit you?) but they come at a premium price. There are plenty of cheaper ones though. For the PC fans you'll also need to pick up a 12 volt wall wart to run them.

For reference (playing with one of the sound apps) my PC fan makes 40db, the gas heating duct makes 46 and the cat energetically licking his crotch hit 57! (I'm not sure what that says about the cat or how much he likes licking there).