Butcher Block Acoustics RigidRack Audio Furniture

July 06, 2023 / By mobanmarket

As much as I enjoy hi-fi, I strongly prefer non-hi-fi accoutrements, especially component racks. I’m currently using—and have been for years—a standard cherry entertainment console (the Durham) made by Maine-based furniture company Chilton. True, it’s sagging a bit under the weight of my components, but I’ve managed to reinforce it with strategically placed home-made screw jacks.

The racks produced by Butcher Block Acoustics, which were on display in the EXPO at AXPONA 2019, are about what you’d expect from a company with that name: They look like butcher blocks made into shelves, with lots and lots of maple. If you want a softer, warmer wood, you can get walnut instead. Or, you can get walnut shelves with maple legs, or maple shelves with walnut legs. However it’s configured, it’s a modern, minimalist look–almost Scandinavian.

The racks are all wood (except for some connectors and optional spiked feet) and appear to be very rigid and well-made. The shelves, whether walnut or maple, are 1.5″ thick. The legs angle up on the outside of the shelves, so every inch of shelf space is available for practical use. Jim Whithorne, president of the Anaheim, California-based company, assured me that his racks will withstand the weight of my turntable and its 100+lb slate plinth and anything else I’m likely to throw at it. We’ll see.

I intend to order the 60″-wide, four-shelf unit with 20″-deep maple shelves and walnut legs. With the standard “iso-feet,” that big shelf costs $1946; you can also get it with spiked feet. The company is now accepting orders for May delivery. Price includes shipping.

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