Glass bench for HiFi inc Planar 6

PBrowne

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I am having a wall unit designed and I am looking at a custom made tempered glass bench for the HiFi components including Planar 6 turntable. the glass is both a feature, a stable base and provide transparency similar to other parts of the wall unit.

The bench in the design is 1800mm long x 470mm wide. I am looking at glass about 25mm thick (1") or more.

Opinions on the this, inc the thickness of the glass bench to support these components?

Rega Planar 6 with Ania Pro

NAD M10 v3 Streaming amplifier

Rega Fono MC Mk4

and elsewhere..

KEF R3 Meta speakers
 
I am having a wall unit designed and I am looking at a custom made tempered glass bench for the HiFi components including Planar 6 turntable. the glass is both a feature, a stable base and provide transparency similar to other parts of the wall unit.

The bench in the design is 1800mm long x 470mm wide. I am looking at glass about 25mm thick (1") or more.

Opinions on the this, inc the thickness of the glass bench to support these components?

Rega Planar 6 with Ania Pro

NAD M10 v3 Streaming amplifier

Rega Fono MC Mk4

and elsewhere..

KEF R3 Meta speakers
Not sure why you want glass that thick.
I had an Atacama hifi stand that had smoked glass shelves (toughened glass) and they were less than 1/4 inch thick.
The fact your design is so long means it would need some lateral supports and glass isn't one of the best bases for hifi kit.