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Hi,
I plan to buy an AV rack which I will use also for my HiFi devices (mainly my Cyrus One and Marantz CD6002)
Most of the AV racks have 2 or 3 shelves which sometimes limit the number of devices you can put on it (specially if you plan to use the top shelf for a flat TV
My question is: How bad is it to place 2 devices one on the top of the other (e.g. my CD players on the top of a Panasonic DVD player)? Will this have any effect on the sound quality? Usually someone gets a HiFi/AV rack to avoid vibrations and improve the sound quality. If I place 2 devices one on the top of the other will this impact the sound quality of my CD or DVD player?
Thanks in advance,

Deeply bad idea – as far as the CD player is concerned, it'll undo all the benefits of having it on a rack in the first place

Thanks Andrew. Very clear response :)
The problem is that I need to use the same rack for both AV and HiFi and it has to go between the 2 front speakers and under the projector's screen or a 50" wall mounted TV which means it cannot be extremely high. The idea is to put the central speaker on the top of the AV rack which leaves me space for 4 devices......any help/idea?
I can think of buying 2 Atacama HiFi racks of 4 shelves each and use the 2 top shelves of each rack for the central speaker leaving me space for 6 devices.....of course this solution is more expensive......or maybe I can somehow wall mount the central speaker freeing the 2 top shelves (or the top shelf in case of the AV rack)
Any help welcome
Thanks in advance,

I know the Equinox AV is designed to be used as a maximum three-decker – ie a base unit and an extra shelf module on top – , but I suspect that's because of stablity issues should you pile it really high and then put a socking great heavy 50in plasma on top.

I'd suspect with a relatively light load, such as just your centre speaker, on the top, and keeping anything heavy – such as the AV receiver – on the bottom shelf, you might be able to get away with a second shelf unit on top of the Equinox.

A word with Atacama - it's 01455 283 251

or email
post@atacama-audio.co.uk

– explaining what you want to do will soon find out whether I am barking up completely the wrong tree here, at least in official terms. But we've used taller Equinox stacks in our listening rooms with no problems.