Glass bench for HiFi inc Planar 6

[PBrowne]

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

 

[Al ears]

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.

 

[daytona600]

Glass possibly the last thing you want any turntable sitting on
Rega more than any other TT need the right support / isolation
Rega need very , very light rigid surface / £29 Ikea Lack £119 Rega wall bracket

£13,500 Rega Naiad will sound better on a £29 Ikea Lack table then a rack with 1inch thick tempered Glass

Will sound better with 2 Ikea £8 Chopping boards with a inflated Bicycle Tyre

Put a Rega on a £10,000 active isolation platform & you will totally transform the sound

https://the-ear.net/review-hardware/seismion-reactio-2-vibration-killer/

 

[skinnypuppy71]

.....Are you also thinking of mounting the kefs on said glass shelf 🤔, that'd be a big no from me.
If you want something a bit left field and it needs to be a long unit....I'd recommend......and it's not a audiophile rack of any sort...The Islington, Acacia and marble large tv unit from .oak furniture land ( if your in the UK). It's 165cm in length / width depending on which way you look at it..lol....beautiful unit and absolutely solid, weighing in @ around 80kg.
Post in thread '#nowspinning. What you spinning #nowplaying'
https://forums.whathifi.com/threads/nowspinning-what-you-spinning-nowplaying.117583/post-1367801

Oh and I have no affiliation with oak furniture land...lol.

 

[davidf]

The thicker the glass, the less its influence on the end result.