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Author Topic: Brand or Type of Audio Rack to Use? Jason Burroughs Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 654 From: Allen, TX Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-31-2005 02:33 PM                     Chatsworth makes a large variety of racks and cabinets. I haven't seen any of their stuff in a theater application, but you see them in data centers all the time. http://www.chatsworth.com/main.asp?id=25  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-02-2005 11:42 AM                        I've got a free-standing RCA rack that I yanked out of a dead drive-in several years ago. If it's still out in my parents barn, you can have it for free.. if you come get it.  |  IP: Logged Christian Volpi Master Film Handler Posts: 349 From: Arlington, NE Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-06-2005 10:24 AM                        I've always used racks made by Elkay.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 04-06-2005 10:57 AM                     Get one a few 'U' bigger than you think you need; there's a good chance you'll want to add something extra in the future.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-06-2005 06:24 PM                        Yes! You can't make 'em tall enough. (Leave the bottom 10.5 inches blank to keep dirt off equipment and to protect switches from floor cleaning.) Louis  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-07-2005 02:13 AM                     Nah...I hate when I have to go to a 77-U rack...I like 70-U racks the best...plenty of space and they fit through doorways (77s don't). Perhaps due to location, but I like Middle Atlantic Racks best...and they constantly are improving them with little extras like the ground stud, various mounting methods, laser etched breakaway holes....nothing really big but every year the racks have a little more convienance.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 04-07-2005 04:19 AM                     quote: Steve Guttag 77-U 77-U 42U is taller than I am. Did you mean 77 inch?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-07-2005 04:26 AM                     77u = 77 rack rack units I like the Hammond racks the best  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 04-07-2005 04:35 AM                     Are your 'U's smaller than ours are? Here, one 'U' is about 45mm, so a 77U rack would be nearly 3.5m high, that's nearly 13 feet.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-07-2005 04:39 AM                     I believe one rack units is approx 1.75"  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 04-07-2005 04:46 AM                     Still 1.75 inches works out at 44.45mm, that's pretty close to my figure. I've just checked my figures again, and 77 of those does come out to almost 13 feet. You don't have racks that high surely, do you?  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-07-2005 05:12 AM                  As Gordon mentioned, 1 RU is 1-3/4" high. The "standard" rack is 40 RU which has 70" of usable rack space. "Tall/High" racks are 44 RU and have 77" of rack space. I also agree with Stephen... get a taller rack than you need. You WILL add more toys.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 04-07-2005 05:29 AM                     77" sounds reasonable for a full-height rack; 77U would be bigger than anything I've ever seen, and taller than most rooms.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-07-2005 09:13 AM                     OMG...yes change my Us to inches so all the 77U stuff should have read 77" and likewise 40U to 70" (rackable height, not overall). I dislike 77" racks though I've used them and they tend to be the standard in A/V installations...70" fit through doors...if you need more space...gang'em. What I don't understand is the mentality of using tiny floor standing racks (the ones that are about 3-4-feet tall or so. The cost difference between a short rack and a tall one are very small. About the shortest I use is a 35U (really U this time) unless it is wallmount or for another special purpose where the height of the rack is part of the criteria...especially on a roll-around rack.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 04-07-2005 11:11 AM                        Even if you don't fill the rack, the taller ones get the most important components up to eye level. Much easier on the back, as you don't need to constantly bend over. And point of keeping components a bit off the floor to keep them cleaner and away from being bumped or splashed by the cleaning crew is a good one.  |  IP: Logged

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