On January 7, 2010 at 13:05, Hasbeen said...
Stamp, so my question is....Do you guys spec the rack into the basement?, a 1st floor closet?, or is it generally something else that I'm missing? Generally speaking of course.
My answer on this is that we rarely have basements in California so larger "whole-house" type equipment racks are usually located in closets, or most often in larger homes in dedicated equipment or mechanical rooms.
For 4-5 components for a simple surround sound system, the rack would normally go in cabinetry where you would nomally just place the stuff on shelves. It might be built-in cabinets or free standing...
Middle Atlantic has some really affordable small racks for this type of installation called the CFR series:
I also use the Middle Atlantic SRSR series that pull out and swivel a lot when built into cabinets:
If you have an application where the rack can roll on casters, I've found the rolling racks from Snap AV are nice and inexpensive:
