Thanks!
The Maxxum rack is really incredible - amazing build quality, beautiful to look at (wifey adores it), and quite an improvement to my system. Many thanks to Mike and Rick for making it surprisingly easy to get it set up.
As the photos show, the rack is triple wide on the bottom so it's basically a three tier rack with integrated amp stands. The XSPre power supply sits on its own stand behind the rack (see second photo). Everything is custom designed for my system.
I've been trying to upgrade to a real rack for more than 10 years, but there were always issues that prevented me from pulling the trigger. Of course, I had to get my system to a "final" configuration and my room treatments done. Then I had to get everything to fit my system and fit in the room. And it had to be of the highest quality. It wasn't until Mike got involved with Critical Mass that it all finally came together.
Sound quality is vastly improved and that was only in a 2 hour listening session right after the system was reassembled - all of the components were dead cold - unplugged from the wall cold. That's at least a 24 hour warm-up to be back to normal for my system. And the rack takes 300 hours of break-in with music playing for everything to settle in the way it's supposed to. So I can only imagine how good it will be in a month or two.
Thanks Critical Mass, Mike, and Rick!
