I am setting up my Fraim in a Brain & Brawn configuration.
I believe I have gathered all the info I need except to see if folks have had different experiences (good or bad) with the back of their Fraim close to the wall or away from the wall.
I figure the benefit of away from the wall allows easier access to the myriad of cables and reduces some of the near field sound reflection jostling the gear and the Fraim.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or thoughts.
Just sufficiently far so cables are free from touching the wall including the stiffer cablesā¦ I find that works fineā¦ and I can still reach down should I need to.
Minimum 4ā.
A visiting toddler prompted me to invest in a set of railings and then see how far I could place the system behind them. 4 inches will just about allow all Burndys in a 500 series system to clear the wall but if I could Iād make it six. One of my turntable lids now hits the wall when I open it but itās removable so no great problem.
Ron, with your listed kit and all those burndies and cables, my answer would be āas far away as possibleā, and minimum 8 inches, as this is the distance which works for me (just!).
I also cable as I build, after making a plan of what goes where.
My biggest challenge is running power cabling along the rear of the Fraims i.e. along the floor, and then up to the kit. Trying to avoid the burndies and signal cabling can be a bit of a challenge, such that I (as some do) support some of the cable hangs from above to maintain separation.
I concur with this. I moved my system at the weekend; but put it too close to the wall at c.4 inches. The Burndys in particular were pushed up against the wall as well as being very fiddly to plug in with limited space to work with. I took it apart and rebuilt it and it is now c.7 inches away (measured from the back of the wooden Fraim shelf to the wall). The Burndys are now ājustā free from the wall and hanging loose. They could probably do with another inch, but I ran out of patience to re-stack it again until next weekend!
It sounds like 8+ inches is a good start but I may try 12 inches.
I am planning on building a vertical cable support out of cherry with either cherry dowels or cherry shaker pegs and clear silicone O-rings to space out the cables on the pegs.
My Fraim is now 13.5" from the wall. I just re-set it to this new wide stance. The extra distance allows my Burndies behind the Fraim to float away both from the wall and the Fraim, and will easily accommodate my 8 outlet Nordost power strip with the extra-thick Nordost power cord. It took me 10 years to get to this point but the objections from my lovely wife have been minimal because it sounds great.
I have a twin stack, I must be at least 12" out from the wall, my thought being making it easier for both access to the rear & cable dressing. I need to do a refresh of the stacks so am thinking about moving a bit further out, again to help with access & cable dressing (feel adding a bit more space will allow better dressing of power cables to get some distance between them & other more sensitive cables). If space isnāt a concern, Iād probably go with ~2ā but obviously not all can do this especially in a shared space.
I told my wife I was thinking of placing the Fraim far enough into the room that I can squat behind them. Without skipping a beat she says you really want them that far out in the middle of the room.
To her defense she has never given me more than maybe a slightly raised eyebrow on my numerous acquisitions.
Hereās a 4ā gap with a 500 series system sans streamer which is being fixed, again but itās Burndys cleated the wall too. Thatās 4ā from the back of the shelves, the turned rear leg, to use a superline on the right because the cable from the deck on the right wonāt reach any further and its motor upsets the 552, is closer but I hope to get one of those narrow rear legs some time
