What do you use to accommodate your audio equipment?  The poll at the end of this post asks for your views on some new audio furniture designs.

Not all of us have dedicated listening rooms, so our audio systems usually have to fit in with the rest of what goes on in our homes.  The furniture we use for our equipment is an important part of this.  Common choices include:

• A dedicated audio rack.  This is optimised for audio equipment.  However it’s often very conspicuous and does not blend in well with the rest of the furniture in the room.  It also takes up space that we might otherwise use.
• A regular piece of home furniture.  This usually works well with our decor, but it’s not ideal for audio equipment.  Often it doesn’t isolate equipment from vibration, is not that rigid and it vibrates with our music.

Here are a some new designs on which your audio equipment can be placed.  They provide vibration isolation platforms on which to place your equipment and diffuse sound reflections to improve room acoustics.  Additionally the attractive designs offer lots of general-purpose storage space and work well with your decor.

The designs all have the following features:

• Modern furniture designs to suit your decor, available in a range of hardwood veneers.
• Surfaces designed to produce diffuse acoustic reflections in the listening room.
• General purpose storage space.
• Vibration-isolated platforms on the top surfaces  designed to accommodate audio equipment.
• Spiked feet for stability and leveling and to provide good coupling with the floor.
• Optional wheels and vibration isolated feet.

Edges

The angular design of Edges provides a variety of surfaces to deflect the sound in your listening room.

• Three vibration-isolated platforms on top surface for placing equipment.
• Cupboards deflects sound both horizontally, while drawers provide vertical deflection.

Modular Triangle

Use just one of these modular units or connect as many as you need for your equipment.

• • Vibration-isolated platform on top surface of each module for placing equipment.
  • Vibration-isolating coupling between modules.
• Cupboards provide highly accessible storage.
• Small footprint.

Interlocking Cubes

The interlocking cube design provides horizontal deflection of the sound on both the front and the sides.

• Three vibration-isolated platforms on top surface for placing equipment.
• Both cupboards and drawers for flexible storage.
• Deep drawers to maximise storage space.

Circles

The smooth curves of Circles provides a different aesthetic with no planar reflecting surfaces.

• Three vibration-isolated platforms on top surface for placing equipment.
• Large storage space with cupboards and drawers.
• Curved surfaces deflect sound horizontally in all directions.

Which do you like?  Vote in the poll and let us what you think.

© Wayne Butcher