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Why put your gear on the floor?

Doug G. said:
Let's see. I just scrupulously cleaned this LP on my VPI cleaner and now I'm going over there to plop it on my VPI turntable which is located in the dirtiest spot in the room - the floor. Yeah, that's a good idea. And I'm not going to leave the cover on the table either because that would cause unwanted resonances.

But I'm going to make sure I put the record back into its dust free sleeve when I'm done because I don't want it to get all Rice Krispy like.

:D

Doug
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Who are these people with turntables on the floor? It's usually amps. I put a turntable on an amp stand on e because I ran out of room.
 
On a similar note:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=519292

I'm happy to play with vibrapods etc, but I draw the line at using inner tubes to support electronics, but if I did go down that road it would almost certainly mean getting everything as close to the floor as possible. The last thing any of us wants is to be woken by a loud bang as an amp slides off it's inner tube. I guess it's on a similar level to running your DAC from sealed 12-volt batteries - some swear by it, others swear *at* those who swear by it ;)
 
the_nines said:
I think you may have a hard time finding suitable shelving unit for these puppies:

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Beasts!

I doubt IKEA shelving units can cut the mustard.


:D:D:D

What do you think?
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If you've got the moola for that gear you have your cabinets custom built and you hire guys to lift it for you.:yes:
 
I don't understand it either? I like my gear at eye level or around there somewhere.:D Why would you want to have your expensive gear on the floor where you may step on it or children may run over it?:scratch2:

I wish I did not have to bend over to find some records..LOL:D

Thanks,
John.:music::D
 
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I've tried both, taller stands and low to the floor setups, and prefer the latter. My music room is small so the tower look is just too intrusive. The soundstage is also an issue. Amps and pre, and conditioner are sitting on a solid 3" platform and the rest about 24" high stand. Seems to work in a smaller room :)
 
ev13wt said:
I don't have it on the floor, I have it on a board that is raised an inch off the ground.

Why? There wasn't any space elsewhere. Damn TVs... :p

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I like it. My music room is just like that, ie the walls are the roof. I put birch wood on it making it cave like, not nice and bright like this.
 
Power amps lower, near floor level. Pre-amps: mid level, and then turntables and cd player at about chest height.

My man cave is in the basement. Power amps stay cooler at floor level.

But never right on the concrete... water Spill...aaagggh !

That Ditton in my avatar is not on the floor anymore !
 
My two amps and pre-amp sit on 4cm slabs of solid beechwood next to each other; one amp on each end, pre in the middle........

It is cooler at floor level; no cables dangling or showing all over the place; shorter speaker wires and interconnects; it makes the room look more spacious and best of all it looks and sounds wonderful......

Ps

My floors are clean...... :yes::D
 
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JohnVF said:
This exact thread was done about a year ago, but here are some reasons:

Gear between your speakers can screw with your soundstage. Instead of having my gear on the floor I have it all to one side for this reason, but putting it down low gets it out of the way as well.

Many people like to run longer cables from preamps to amps, and shorter speakers cables. If the preamp is on the side (it often is) that leaves the amp in the middle. So why is the amp on the floor....?....well....

...many of these amps are 100+lbs. The Levinson 432 that I had was over 125lbs. It was too big to fit in a rack and I didn't feel like lifting it onto my console-rack anway. The only place it would go was on my short amp stand. And it broke the giant spike off of my amp stand it was so heavy. So it sat close to the floor. Sometimes it was just on a board on the floor, as the board would slide. It was so big and annoying to move that I sold it, and replaced it with a better-sounding amp that weighs less than half of what it weighed. Sometimes this amp is on a low stand, sometimes not. Depends on what speaker cables I'm using, some are short and since my rack is off to the side, it gets put in the middle on a low stand with long RCAs running to it.

Another thing with that amp, it needed a LOT of cooling (as does my smaller Class-A Pass Labs amp). Racks crowded with gear do not offer adequate ventilation for some of these types of amps. The Levinson's convection heat sinks needs basically nothing about it, and little if anything around it, to work adequately. It was a 400wpc amp and it didn't run cool.

People that run mono-blocks especially (and a lot of high dollar stuff involves an amp for each channel) seem to like putting the amps close to the speakers and running as short of speaker-wire as possible.

Also, some people (including myself) just like the look of amps on amps stands. It generally presents less clutter in a room than a big ugly rack. But my room doesn't really allow it so usually everything is in my old mono console that's been re-purposed for stereo gear.

Hope this explains some of it. BTW, my avatar is proof that height does not equal safety from cats.

The final reason is: some people just like it that way. Everybody has different taste. I know I have to remind myself of that when I see a mountain of speakers shoved right up against a wall, speaker that couldn't possibly image or present a soundstage like that, or a preamp sitting right on top of a power amp that needs cooling, leading to the power amp overheating and possibly leading to serious damage, with a turntable on top of both of them for good measure.

I've gotten more use out of the pair of these that I bought than almost any accessory...

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that's a cool little stand, where did it come from ??
 
In my configuration the only logical place for my preamp is on the wood floor. So far it seems to be working well.
 
There are metal framed, glass shelving of many different dimensions that can accommodate any combination of equipment and can be even purchased from Walmart !!!! Put the shelving on a wall-2-wall carpet to include the speakers and enjoy reduced vibration and increased sound stage. There is even cheap reproduction antique book shelves that work great for any kind of storage. My MX-1000 is a heavy beast and sits on the bottom shelf cause it's so heavy and personal standards dictate that only the bottom of my shoes, slippers and the feet of the furniture are on the floor. Then in the children's rooms I shampooed the carpet when they were of the age of playing with toys on the floor. So, it must be a child like attitude to put things on the floor without seeing the necessity of organizing the situation well enough to ensure that furniture is being used. It's what people don't want to be bothered about and choose not to do these days. Like having the skill set to operate a table saw....or use sandpaper then stain and verathane. Young people talk themselves out of doing things every.....
 
Having gear on the floor is awesome! I seldom have to vacume or sweep anymore. All pet hair and dust bunnies are attracted and sucked up by the equipment. Every 3 or 4 months all I have to do is remove the bottoms of the gear and shake it all out in the trash. Best decision I ever made! :thumbsup: :rolleyes:
 
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