Stands for MacIntosh amps

[JerryD99]

I have this stand for my stereo stuff with 50 lbs. limit on shelf weight. Should I or should I Not put a McIntosh MC7106 which is 52 lbs. I am thinking probably not they are glass.

https://www.amazon.com/Bush-Furnitu...&qid=1526363763&sr=8-15&keywords=stereo+shelf

What are you using for the heavy stuff?

 

[techguy0192]

Pick up some nicely finished butcher blocks. You can use them to put your amps on the floor near the speakers.

 

[John James]

I sure wouldn't put my 52# amp on a glass shelf rated for 50#!

 

[BillWojo]

I can't bring myself to put expensive gear on glass shelving. The potential for a disaster is very real and I'm not going to risk it.
52 pounds on a shelf rated for 50 pounds? Nope!
I know there is a safety factor built in that rating but still.....
With a wood shelf if you start getting close to failure it lets you know by sagging, etc. Glass gives you zero warning.

BillWojo

 

[John James]

I think there is an old thread around here somewhere that has pictures of what happened when somebody's glass shelf broke. It wasn't pretty.

 

[Velocityboat]

Place it on bottom shelf with a center support of a wood block, machined cylinder or 4 inch diameter trimmed PVC pipe painted black to pick up excess load. Glass flexes just get floor to bottom of glass height measurement correct.

 

[JerryD99]

Thanks for all your input, but have decided not to install in rack....If I do end up installing in the rack I have some CWD wood shelving I can place on the glass and then I have a 100 lbs. plus capacity. I tried it but did not like the limited vent space about the amp.

 

[E-Stat]

If you're into the backlit thing, Custom Isolation Products has this: