SONIC ART "ITS A RACKIT" 5 SHELF MERBAU

Sonic Art  presents a new locally made modular shelving system

“IT’S A RACKIT”

Sonic Art’s new in-house manufactured equipment shelving system “it’s a rackit”…a play on words and our feelings towards some of the rather “expensive” shelving systems on the market!

I have been planning to manufacture equipment shelving for years, and finally found some time this year to get the design off paper and into my test room! I wanted to build a rack that offered a modular, fully customizable, and well damped solution to supporting our often delicate and always loved hifi equipment! I also wanted it to be affordable yet without major compromises to the construction and performance.

“IT’S A RACKIT” is a modular shelving system, it can be built into any number of shelves, and can be customized to suit you needs exactly, from the shelf number & size, to the length of the legs, we make it to suit you. The standard rack as seen here is built with 265mm Merbau shelves, the shelves are supported by solid 33mm Aluminium legs, the legs are isolated from the shelves with Delrin decoupling spacers. The standard leg length gives you 180mm gap between shelves. We can make these longer or shorter depending on requirements. The legs are joined by threaded rods and are very easy to assemble.

The finish is quality furniture oil. We cut and shape the shelves then sand every one by hand, working down to a fine grade of paper to achieve a silky finish. The beauty of oiled wood is it displays the natural grain and colour, it is hard wearing and most importantly, very easy to repair should you scratch or mark your shelves! Lacquers are hard to repair without returning the parts to the manufacturer, oiled wood can be repaired by the end user quite easily and it is easy to re-oil in years to come to bring the finish back to new.

The racks are not made on a production line, they are hand made, hand finished, and every one will be unique. We sand and brush finish the alloy legs, they sometimes have tiny pores or marks in the surface, this is all part of the hand made unique product. We could machine every leg surface to perfection but then labour costs rocket upwards or we have to employ automated machining to keep the costs down resulting in standardised sizes and less choice for you.

Feet: Racks come with steel spikes which screw into the base legs allowing you to level the rack on any surface. For polished wood floors or tiles we can supply alloy base discs that take the spikes in their centre recess, they are felt backed. You will find them at the bottom of the rack listing.

If you have an idea of what you want in a rack, wider shelves, custom spacing, a certain colour or wood finish, simply email with your list and I will quote you for a custom rack that fits your design brief.

THIS RACK SPECIFICATIONS:

Wood: Merbau

Shelf size: 550mm wide x 450mm deep

Space between legs: 470 x 370mm

Leg number: 4 per level for full panel support and isolation

Gap between shelves: 180mm

No’ of shelves: 5

Feet: steel spikes

NOTE: We are working on getting packaging to be able to ship the racks around Australia. The rack will require 2-3 boxes and the weight of the 5 shelf Merbau rack is approximately 35kg. Shipping costs will be quoted after the rack specifications are confirmed.