Pangea Audio Vulcan Five Shelf Audio Rack, Media Stand, and Components Cabinet 5 Shelf Black

It is a nice rack, very easy to put together and stable enough for devices... I bought two of them, four shelves each, in rosenut, added 10 inch posts to the lower two shelves and casters so the whole thing is on the "rall" side. I used them as amplifier racks to hold the amplifiers "currently in rotation" in my main 2 channel rig.I'd say it is robust enough to hold the amps, but I am careful when I roll it around just in case. The amps are easy to reach behind and seem to be getting enough cooling ( mostly class A solid state amps...).However, the rack is nowhere as stable as my 20 year old Target 5TT rack that holds the turntable and source materials.. but that one rack is a one piece, welded affair with spikes into large "cups". It's also not a nice looking... all black, and it's not on casters...If you are going to use the spikes that come with this rack, I'd suggest buying aftermarket cups. The ones that come with this rack seem to be on the smallish side... I suppose they will help, but bigger cups would seem safer to me. "Seems" is the main word, as I'm not using the spikes with these rack.Sturdy... I can sort of "swing" the top shelf around, a little bit. But, again, this could be partly due to using casters..But, all in all, I'm happy with the racks, how they hold the amps and how they look in the living room. I mean, it still looks like a stereo ( more like a stereo shop)... but the Salamander racks cost much more...I do wish I could buy shelves by themselves... I now have have four sets of spare 7 1/2 inch ;posts and I could use them to build a 3rd rack for the HT....Also, I do with they'd sell 12 inch tall posts by themselves, or at least the X braced posts by themselves... Come to think about it, I might buy the "record" rack.... that one has 12" tall, cross braced posts... and I could use those in lieu of the 10 inch racks to give the 9 inch tall amps a bit more breathing room. It might also make the rack a bit more sturdy.HINT: when putting it together... insert the "bolt" into the "top" port of each post, and also insert the casters or spike assemblies first... then start assembling the rack. It is MUCH easier to do it that way.EDIT: I ended up building a 3rd rack for the Home Theater, with casters. It works quite well and looks much nicer than our 25 year old Ikea wooden thing... All the racks are holding up nicely and with casters it's very easy to reach behind the components - which I do a lot since I got lots of amps.Based on my experience in the last two, three?, years, I upped the overall rating to 5 stars.

With the added shelf and a set of 10" posts, the height is the Pangea recommended maximum of 43". With this set-up, it seems really sturdy. Everything holds together tight and without any wobbles or vibrations. It would take a lot of effort to tip this over. Of course I wouldn't recommend it for children to climb on, but I guess that could be said about any rack furniture.I've got that turntable on there and I don't hear any issues with vibration. But I'm not going to say that this rack is audiophile grade. If I tap on that shelf --and that shelf only--while a record is playing, I can hear it through the speakers. Tapping on any other shelf is inaudible. But who knows how much I'd have to spend on a rack for total isolation, which isn't a problem anyway. Racks costing hundreds more aren't any more anti-resonant. It's a non-issue.My only complaint is related to the assembly, which wasn't the least bit complicated to begin with. It was less complicated than any Ikea shelf system. In fact, I think that's part of the problem. It's too simple. No tools required is nice, but leaves me wondering if this rack could be better if it was just a little more complicated. I wouldn't mind using an allen key for this, or a screwdriver for that. Why make it so simple when the people who buy this are probably into electronics and thus into tinkering?Another assembly-related complaint is that the threaded rods that connect the posts together aren't meant to be screwed finger tight into the posts, which confused me. It turns out they're supposed to remain loose or else there won't be enough thread left for the next post. The directions don't tell you that either. Call me a slow learner, but I kinda sorta had to figure that out after trial-and-error. That isn't to say anything is "loose," as you end up tightening the posts towards each other anyway. It just took me a good 5-10 mins to figure out what I was doing wrong. That wouldn't have been the case with Ikea directions.Another thing is that this rack was designed to be disassembled from the bottom up if for some reason you need to disassemble it. You could start from the top, but you'd have to remove those plastic caps which aren't meant to be removed from the top. If they were meant for that, they'd be shaped to accommodate a wrench or a screwdriver. They aren't. So, when I needed to reconfigure the shelves to move the 10" and 8" posts to different levels, I had to use vice grips to get those caps off. That scratched the caps and was just a hassle. It was less of a hassle than disassembling from the bottom, but to me it was an example of how Pangea went overboard trying to maintain simplicity.Again....not really complaining...just thinking out loud. Overall I like this rack...A LOT. But if I could change one more thing it would be the adjustability of the spikes for leveling purposes. Just not very user friendly as it stands right now. They work and they're stable; I just wish they could be fine-tuned more easily that's all.Nice rack. Very happy overall.

I am an audio enthusiast of over 45 years. About 10 years ago my primary means of listening to music became through headphones and over that time I have amassed a fair number of headphones and IEM's as well as a pretty satisfying little desktop audio system. While fortunate enough to have a six foot desk I have reached the point where there is just way too much on my desktop, so I decided to look into options which would allow me to clear away the clutter and make my little corner work more effectively. I chose this little audio rack due to design, size, materials, aesthetics, ease of assembly, quality, color, and future adaptability. I decided to forgo the carpet spikes and ordered a set of casters through their website so that I can move the system around the room if needed. The finished rack is very, very nice. And the price compared to comparable units is exceptional.I'll post pictures as I get my components set up and connected. I am currently just a couple of days out of the hospital so it may be a little while. In the meantime, it's a very attractive piece of furniture which will accommodate a variety of audio gear, though I'd not advise using it to support a 75 pound power amp. I highly recommend this beauty to anyone looking for an audio rack.

Does the job. Looks well enough with carbon fiber over MDF. A little pricey for what you get today.