[Jay Mitchosky]

I'm in the process of ordering a Slim 5 Middle Atlantic rack system for my theater. The variety of accessories for these systems is overwhelming. Interested in recommendations on must-haves and nice-to-haves when constructing one of these racks. It will be a fixed install with the equipment facing into the theater's foyer and media area. The rear of the equipment is accessible from a room behind. It will be the 37 RU size. I'll be ordering the shelves with the custom face plates and the trim kit at a minimum.

Another thing I'm working on is finishing the surrounding area of the rack. It's simply a roughed out area that needs to be covered in a frame of some sort. My preference would be black brushed metal to match the rest of the cabinet and components. What have others done in this regard?

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

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The variety of accessories for these systems is overwhelming.

Hnmm... I’m only seeing a few options here.

Of those I’d say the cable chase is a must-have, to clean up the wiring. That way the business end of the rack will look all nice and pretty when you post your pictures for us.

Can you give us a link to the other options you were looking at?

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

[Jay Mitchosky]

http://www.middleatlantic.com/rackac/main.htm

Which chase were you referring to? I have the vertical lacers on order.

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Click on “Cable Chase”, right hand side of the page in the link I gave above.

Again, is there a link for the large variety of options you were referring to?

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

[Chuck Bogie]

I've got mine built into a wall that backs into my laundry room. Everything's accessible in the back, but it's a rat's nest... Some rainy day soon...

I just ordered the rack rails, and mounted them to spacers, which were in turn mounted to 2x4 wall studs.

Bigger is better than smaller... Figure 1 rack unit for a power strip. Maybe more. Add four for your AVR, and three for your DVD player.

I've got two 4 unit amps and a three unit amp in addition to the other stuff. But now I'm wanting to add in two more 3-space amps, along with graphic equalizers, and probably eventually some electronic crossovers. And when I finish my other two Q15 subs, I'm going to switch from the 2 240 watt plate amps I'm using now to a single QSC or Behringer amp for the subs.

Plan for more space.

[Jay Mitchosky]

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Plan for more space.

Agreed. It's a 37U rack. How have you finished the front edges around the rack face (second part of my question above)? I was hoping to have a black brushed aluminum "frame" surrounding the rack and covering the roughed out opening. Where would I source something like that? Easy solution is to just mitre stained wood casing but I'd rather have the all black metal surround.