Shelves are made from solid bamboo which is available in natural or coloured. choice of 4 finishes, cherry, black dark and natural, for all our Q4 Original HiFi Racks.
Bamboo is unique in its beauty and is therefore subject to variation in grain and colour. Whilst every effort is made to ensure consistency in the representation of the bamboo finishes in the photographs, please be aware that there may be variations between these and the actual product.
Bamboo and Wood are natural products that respond to variations in humidity and temperature by expanding and contracting. Sometimes these changes may be noticeable in the form of small movements or open grain. This is a natural occurrence within the fibres of a natural product and will not affect the performance of your rack.
Parallel lines on rectangular shelves encourage resonance which can distort sound. where possible we avoid parallel lines in the same way as most musical instrument designs.
The shelves on our racks are machined to reduce any resonance, lowering the noise floor and opening the sound stage whilst also improving sound quality and performance.
The edges on all of our shelves are chamfered to help dissipate energy and help improve sound.
Steel tube can resonate and distort sound. Aluminium has much less resonance so we use it instead for all of our columns and feet.
Some materials like glass resonate and distort the sound of your system. As a result of extensive testing of different materials we use solid bamboo ply which suppresses vibrations and is also carbon neutral.
It’s no coincidence that a lot of musical instruments use brass and bronze. Our research and design found that bronze and brass are good materials for reducing resonance so we developed a bronze upgrade for all of our racks.
