With the imminent arrival of a 500DR, I am moving from a single Fraim stack to separate brains and brawn stacks. I have bought an extra base, a medium level and 3 sets of medium legs to replace regular legs.
So I will end up with 2 bases, 4 medium levels and 2 regular levels, and have ND555, 1xPS555DR, 552, 552PS, 500 and 500PS to accommodate.
I have 3 main objectives in arranging the Fraim levels and the ordering of black boxes:
- Optimise SQ
- Get some air/space around all the black boxes
- Keep all Burndy cables (and other cables if possible) off the floor
My initial thoughts about a planned arrangement, with these objectives in mind, is as follows:
552--------552PS
ND555----555PS—Med Level
SPARE----SPARE—Reg Level
500-------500PS—Med Level
-----------------------Base
I like this arrangement because it gets some space between all the black boxes, but I suspect the 500’s Burndy cables will rest on the floor. Not good.
So would this arrangement solve that, and how far will the Burndies stretch?:
552--------552PS
ND555----500PS—Med Level
SPARE----SPARE—Reg Level
500-------555PS----Med Level
------------------------Base
Some recon the Fraim base is the worst place (for SQ) for any 500 component. I could avoid using the base for black boxes with this:
552--------552PS
ND555----555PS—Med Level
500-------500PS—Med Level
SPARE----SPARE—Reg Level
-----------------------Base
The drawback with this is that there will be no space above the 500 Head Unit and it will be immediately under the ND555. Also I am not sure if the 500’s Burndies will be off the floor.
I will of course ask my dealer for his recommendation but, as there is a wealth of experience on here, I thought forumites would be a great source for advice. I know some will suggest ‘try different ways’ but I will be doing the installation myself and wanted to try the most recommended arrangement first, hopefully settle on that, and save my back.
Any thoughts, especially on how to get Burndies off the floor and on optimising SQ, would be gratefully received.
Apologies for the length of this topic post!