This how it looks with my set up.
The plant needs watering 
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And how tall is the rack, inclusive the glass on the highest shelf ?
Yeah, really the only difference in height will be that the full Fraom base is taller. The levels are the same height, notwithstanding the added height of the glass for the top level.
With no unit and no glass on the top shelf is 50cm from the bottom. Add an extra cm as spikes go through the carpet onto Naim chips.
You would need to purchase Fraim lite for the top shelf as you cannot put units on without glass on full fraim. Sorry if I am stating the obvious.
Up to 52/53 cm still would be acceptable as my current norstone is 52,5cm.
My unit height comes at 616mm with Unit and glass- allow for an extra cm for carpet. So another option would be to use the Melco and blu ray to be put on the medium shelf with the Naim units, which would be less of a compromise with a dedicated shelf for each Naim unit.
OR
Naim measurements for the Base and 2 standard shelves is 459mm with glass on the top shelf included. Allowing for a 90mm unit with a Melco at 80mm on the top shelf comes in at 629mm.
Sorry if I am confusing you.
Yes, I see now. Without of glass, on the top it is 50cm and with glass an extra 3cm, -if I see correctly. So it should be around 52/52,5 on wooden floor and with the chip protectors
No that’s ok, but I think this first option its worth to consider.
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I do appreciate your help and involvement, thanks! 
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You might also consider an Isoblue. It’s much more discreet than Fraim and works very well. A stack of base plus three shelves, for four boxes, is only 45cm or so tall.
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I get confused between Isoblue and Hutter, so just performed a search for Isoblue on Google. I don’t find Isoblue to be particularly attractive, but the search threw up some very appealing rack solutions, not least being the Quadraspire X Reference. There are certainly many more options to choose from than when I initially opted for Fraim in 2001.
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Different strokes for different folks I guess. The Isoblue X reference is super technical-looking and also super large, whereas the Isoblue is small and simple. It does have a slight knocked up in a garage look, but at least it’s discreet when sat in the room.
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Sorry but I can’t see that’s any more discreet than a Fraim.
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I also asked Solid Sounds from Leeds, as do like them racks as well. Unfortunately after the Brexit they don’t ship to EU anymore. (Or it can be very expensive)
I looked at this as an option at one stage. I really liked it, but it does have a very big footprint and just wouldn’t fit sensibly into my space. It appealed to the engineer in me.
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I’ve not seen it in the flesh, so am unable to judge its size, other than relative to the size of the shelves. In fact I’d never heard of it until an hour or so ago, but it does look right to my eyes, and if it looks right it very often is right. I wonder how much bigger the footprint is relative to Fraim? Still, for me it’s all rather irrelevant as I’m rather committed to the Naim Fraim now. Although Fraim is ridiculously overpriced, it appears that it’s actually cheaper than the X Reference shelves.
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Having a two tower Fraim for the last three months I can really say “its worth it”.
i went for all black to match Naim. The downside is a lot of exposed cabling but that’s the way it is.
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Agree - and I think it has a much wider footprint than naim fraim
