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4.5
I bought this for the "studio" in my basement. Really just a sound system made up of "pro" equipment and a mixer. I have two amps in it, a Behringer EP2500 and a Carver (I forget which model.)The Behringer is a tank. I was very concerned about this rack supporting this amp for a couple of reasons. First there is no rear mount to bolt the amp to. Both amps have provisions to be bolted to a support in the rear. This rack of course has no accommodations to do so. The comcern was that if the front supports were not sturdy enough it would hold the amp securely. The rack is built plenty sturdy enough for both amps and imwont be afraid to add another Behringer into the rack in the future.For the mixer I made some aluminum pieces that bolt to the stand and the mixer sits on. I think there are bolt in shelves made for this purpose but it was easy enough to do it the way I did it.The stand is extremely simple to assemble. That is a good thing because there are no instructions. They really aren't needed though so long as you have the most basic assembly skills.I like the way the cross braces are designed to fit into the main side pieces. The sides have slots and the cross braces have tabs that that fit into them. This keeps the cross braces from rotating once secured.The wheels came preinstalled and roll nicely.The only issue I have with this rack at all is the captive nuts. I'm not positive, because this is the only rack I've ever owned, but I think many racks have drilled and tapped holes. This one has square hole punched in the mounting plate and you insert a captive nut into any of the slots you want to use. It is a little difficult the snap them in, though after the first few I started getting pretty good at it. If you were to install them and not put bolts into them, are bolt in a piece of equipment they would likely rattle. They don't include enough to put into every opening so if you fill up the rack, especially with single slot equipment, you're going to need more. I haven't looked too hard for the nuts yet but most rack screws I've seen come with just the screw and no nuts of any sort. There is one positive to the captive nut arrangement. You are much less likely to strip out a nut opposed to stripping threaded sheet metal. Further, if you were to strip on you can always replace it. For this reason, I'm not deducting any stars for what is a design choice.This is one of the nicer and more flexible racks I have seen and I haven't seen anything even close to it in this price range. Its nice to get my equipment off a table and into a nice rack. It allows a safer and more secure solution and gives me easy access to all sides of the equipment.
