flatcap 2: on top or underneath

Posted by: kj burrell on 01 April 2004

After lenghty equivocation, a fc 2 is on the way. Having worried about buying it I can now fret about positioning. I've got three shelves on a cheap and cheerful IKEA rack. Top shelf, Rega P 3, next down CD5, bottom Nait5. None of the shelves are wide enough for more than one item and I'm now skint. The fc is, for now, going to have to share a shelf, maybe with a few cut up squash balls and a bit of wood to give some modicum of insulation.

So, do I:
1) put the fc under the Rega
2) Put the fc under the cd5
3) put the fc under the nait
4) put the cd5/nait together and give the fc its own shelf?
5) put the nait under the turntable
6) put the cd5 under the turntable
7) sell all of the above and get a nice little Denon for £300 and learn to live within my means

The shelving will be sorted eventually, but not until after the summer at the earliest, so best short term solutions please. And please don't tell me I should've spent the money on shelves: I don't want to hear!

And while I'm at it, which source for which bit of kit? A to nait or A to cd?

Refs to any previous threads where this has been discussed welcomed: I'm sure the older forum mebers must get a Groundhog Day feeling some days when they log on.

Cheers
Kevin
Posted on: 01 April 2004 by syd
Kevin

If your going to put it on a piece of wood I would suggest laying it on the floor to the side of the rack. Unfortunately it will have an adverse effect on all the other components if placed on top or under any of them. Hope this is of help.

Yours in Music

Syd
Posted on: 01 April 2004 by cens
I'd recommend putting the FC off to side for now, as well. I'm in a similar rack-space crunch and have my 250 on Symposium platform (which I used under my old preamp) on the floor next to the rack.
Posted on: 01 April 2004 by Juliandowd
The first thing is to put the frontend on the lower shelfs of the rack. All the other equipment above.
The second: Put all Caps as far away as possible fron the rest of the system.
Regards
JD
Posted on: 01 April 2004 by JonR
Kevin,

My system is placed in the following order (top to bottom):-

Planar 3
CD5
NAC112
NAP150
FC2

(For NAC112/NAP150 substitute NAIT5).

Hope that helps.

Regards,

JonR

PS: Congrats on your cartridge upgrade by the way!