I like my current rack, but don’t want it to get any taller. I also have a friend who tends to hoard his old HiFi gear and he has offered me a Flatcap XS!
My issue is how do I add it? I came up with my DIY Mezzanine solution because the equinox rack has a lot of space between the “ground” and “first floors”. It is very stiff acrylic on small isolation pads and the Flatcap will sit on top.
Seems like a good idea and looks neat enough to me.
I went with a basement on mine, but being made of Cherry, it was easy to cut a slot for a lower shelf😊
Before:
After:
That is very tidy.
I’ve now attached the mezzanine and tried the flat cap for size. Not wired it in yet, thought I’d just make sure nothing moved first!
Not a lot wrong with that Mark.
A very neat solution mate…
There is some bad coloration with the new box
I stacked my Naim boxes when I got rid of my Fraim, in favor of HRS racks.
It actually sounds better too. I have HRS dampers between my 252/300 and SCDR/300PS, and isoAcoustics isolation feet between my NDX2/XPSDR (which I’m getting rid of anyway).
I have no shame whatsever. 
I don’t need my balls now. Anyone want to buy them [Fraim]? 
Yes it is a slightly different colour. Not sure why. Perhaps the sun? It’s not as obvious in real life as in the photo.
There are some rare cases where the anodization goes off.
An extreme example was reported by @feeling_zen
Haha. Yeah my shocking pink 282. But I had 4 affected fascias. I still have the defective faceplates in the garage.
Naim can fix it if they have any left though out of warranty you may have to pay.
So I’ve now got the Flatcap XS in situ and nothing has collapsed!
I hooked it up to the CD5 and I think it did improve the sound. I left it like that for a while to get used to the difference and today hooked it up to the XS3. Again I think I can hear an improvement. Powering both these components seems to improve clarity and there is more detail. Not sure there is £1000 difference but worth having as a freebie. My only question now, is what do I do with all the new cabling?
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