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Cabinet Pull Out Rack Mounts
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Post 1 made on Wednesday May 29, 2002 at 22:25
S.E.Samuels
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I am having a custom cabinet built for my home theater. I am looking for 'pull out' mounting racks for my equipment as I will not be able to access the equipment from behind the cabinet.

Can I get an recommendations?
Thanks
SES
Post 2 made on Wednesday May 29, 2002 at 22:34
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Post 3 made on Wednesday May 29, 2002 at 23:35
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Post 4 made on Thursday May 30, 2002 at 00:09
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Post 5 made on Thursday May 30, 2002 at 03:50
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For a straight shot I think this is the nicest I'VE SEEN. (IMHO)
It's got rear support for heavier equipment towards the bottom of the bays, and it looks like a static cabinet when closed. You kind of need to give it a "reach-around" when you fiddle, but you get to hug your equipment at the same time.
[Link: middleatlantic.com]
[Link: middleatlantic.com]

Plus MA's stuff is finished the same so it looks uniform when it's all together. And they've got nice fascias-shelf combos for almost any current or older components:
[Link: middleatlantic.com]

And a cool search engine to look up your components:
[Link: rackdata.middleatlantic.com]


If you've got to have a "spinner" then you should give the Avtrak a look, but it's got Melamine shelves. Kind of a "lazy susan" A/V equipment cabinet.

MA makes a spinner that is an actual rack frame, but you have to utilize rear mounts and buy shelves from MA or some other rack Mfr. (In general BGW's less expensive.)
[Link: middleatlantic.com]

Generic looking, but sturdy shelving and accessories:
http://www.bgw.com/
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Post 6 made on Friday July 12, 2002 at 17:28
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I used MA racks, but not the pull out kind. Just thought I'd bring this post back up to the top
Post 7 made on Friday July 12, 2002 at 18:59
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IMHO, Middle Atlantic makes the best product in this category. Yeah you may pay a little more, but you'll also get a great, well-engineered product.

JJP

This message was edited by John Pechulis on 07/12/02 19:00.36.
Post 8 made on Friday July 12, 2002 at 20:02
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Agreed...middle atlantic is the Who, What, and How of HT as far as racks and racking materials goes.

I believe the now have a pull out and swivel SRS rack system that would be easier to work on than the standard SRS rack.

(a self supporting rack system, no need for pull out rails.) 400 lbs max.
Post 9 made on Friday July 12, 2002 at 20:51
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Haven't used the SRS racks.

Nothing but AXS racks are proposed in our designs requiring pull-out serviceability.

The AXS design, IMHO, is the most serviceable pull-out rack offered by MA.

Yeah you will need to have service tracks on the truck, but it is a lot more managable to do any service work, and a whole lot safer.

JJP
Post 10 made on Saturday July 13, 2002 at 04:22
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On 07/12/02 17:28.53, ItsColdInMN said...
Just thought I'd bring this post back up to the top.

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Post 11 made on Saturday July 13, 2002 at 10:00
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Yeah, the AXS system is superior to the SRS, but also costs a whole lot more.
Post 12 made on Saturday July 13, 2002 at 13:29
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On 07/13/02 10:00.00, Matt said...
Yeah, the AXS system is superior to the SRS, but
also costs a whole lot more.

I'd have to agree with the general consensus on the AXS.
I was looking through the prism of my own install when I said:

"For a straight shot I think this is the nicest
I'VE SEEN. (IMHO)" <-- (REFERRING TO THE SRS.)

In my situation I was doing side by side bays in a 36" high alcove, so the SRS seemed like the optimum fit, AND it was easily feasible to arrange the equipment so that the heavier pieces were shared by both bays, so weight wasn't the factor either. My two heaviest components weighed 61 and 35lbs. respectively, so I was not even close to going over the 600lb. combined capacity of the bays.

If someone were doing an install where the customer might expand later it'd be in the best interest of all parties to use AXS, especially if it was a tall, single bay install. AXS is definitely the beef.

On 07/12/02 20:51.51, John Pechulis said...
Nothing but AXS racks are proposed in our designs
requiring pull-out serviceability.

John, I understand your reasoning, but if a client drew you a sketch and said my carpenter is building me an in-wall cabinet, and I want the finished product to look like this, I imagine you'd just sharpen your pencil and work with it.

BTW, in the end I was able to gain rear access, so I just installed rack rails. The difference in price was then sqandered, to prevent other funds from being squandered.

Matt: The SRS series racks both have a max cap. of 300lbs, but the SRSR yields 4 additional U's of rackspace.
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Post 13 made on Saturday July 13, 2002 at 14:22
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See, they use Furman in that link Sheik posted....I feel better about my non-surgex product now!!
Post 14 made on Saturday July 13, 2002 at 16:30
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Cold, there's no direct comparison between Furman's Balanced Power Conditioning series and Surge-X. Apples and Lemons are both fruit, but I never zested an Apple over Ceviche. I reckon you'd have to weigh out the likelyhood of which disaster or adverse effect you most needed to head off in order to make an "either/or" purchase decision, and BOTH could conceivably be the answer. If the bottom line is protection then it's Surge-X. (Keyword: Surge) They don't have any sacrificial components, and I think that's the bomb. I also totally eat their propaganda against MOV's.(Although I'm not a jen-U-wine "lightnin' bug".) Still, there is no shame in owning Furman, when the huddled masses are using ZILCH®!

I'm using all MA product, and the Trim Strips keep Mom's happy. I used their shelves, fascias, and storage components (Yes Scarlet, EVEN part# LP), the fit and finish are unrivaled. (Unless there's some tweeker machining one-off fascias to his own specs out of billet aluminum, and attaching them to anti-resonant, isolated shelving of his own dementia.) The cost for the RSH for my NHT sub amp wasn't too terribly much more than NHT's horrible price for the rack ears, and the end result looks nicer than ears.

This message was edited by Sheik_Yerbouhti on 07/15/02 03:09.27.
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Post 15 made on Saturday July 13, 2002 at 17:15
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On 07/13/02 13:29.39, Sheik_Yerbouhti said...
John, I understand your reasoning, but if a client
drew you a sketch and said my carpenter is building
me an in-wall cabinet, and I want the finished
product to look like color=blue>this, I imagine you'd just
sharpen your pencil and work with it.

Fortunately for us, in every cabinet situation so far, our company was the one who designed the cabinet. Making it very easy for us to spec in an AXS rack.

AXS racks are available as small as 16 spaces, but we've always managed to meet or exceed that in every install. We always leave room for media drawers and/or more equipment later on (Mo money).

It also makes the design process a little more simplified when designing the cabinet and system.

I do agree you spend more money on the AXS approach, but so far, we haven't met with any objections with the client. Lucky I guess.

JJP
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