Sound Town DIY 8U Studio Rack with Furniture Grade Walnut Laminate (SDRK-8WN)

This studio rack is the best I've seen in my 30 years of A/V work. Easy to assemble. Precision made components that fit perfect with each other. Sturdy with high quality hard rubber casters. Came with a large supply of rack screws as well. Smooth laminate finish in rich natural wood color. It will enhance any indoor studio decor.

Fast shippimg and rasy to assemble. Strong and sturdy. High quality hardware. Only gripe is didnt come with blacl racl screws while all other screws are. Its deffently going to last! This is not some IKEA partical board stuff!

I had been looking a while for a rack this tall (20U) that wouldn’t break the bank, and this one checked every box for me. All the rack spaces line up perfectly so installing equipment was super easy. It did arrive with a blemish on one of the panels, but customer service was quick to take care of it. I will definitely order from them again in the future.

Edit to reiterate, this thing smells so bad. It has been MONTHS and it’s only just now starting to weaken. This thing needs to be removed from the Amazon store. Not only am I largely dissatisfied with the build quality, but I unfortunately received a terrible smelling package like other reviewers. This thing has been offgassing for well over a week and still making the room it's in smell bad. It's a strange, almost fishy/BO smell. I can't recommend this, and I'm upset I paid as much as I did for it.

Like others have said, looks great but quality is lacking. Some grooves that are supposed to fit together in the assembly weren't aligned properly so it was a bit difficult to set up and would highly recommend not to bring on tour. Otherwise looks great, which is why I purchased.

The rack was very well packaged and padded, but otherwise I had some complaints, a couple of them serious. 1. The packing list and instructions do not list the rack screws provided, or the spare anchors. That one will become important later. 2. All the wood smells like fish or urine. Just leaving it in the car for a couple hours stunk up the whole vehicle. All the packaging smelled like it as well. 3. The 10/32 rack screws, are so tight when going in, that you have to put them in with a drill. I tried them in one of my other racks, and it’s the same thing. I tried a rack screw from a more reputable manufacturer, and it went into this rack fine. So it’s definitely the screws and not the rails. 4. They put the wrong anchors for screws in the front panel. I assembled it without screwing the front panel on, just using the wood slots to hold it in place. But I found that the rack was a little rickety that way. It was only then that I discovered they had sent me Some spare anchors, which the screws actually fit in. If they had only listed those spare anchors on the instructions and contents of box list, I would have known that I had them but they got put aside while I was unpacking and I completely forgot about them, causing me to essentially build the rack twice. I took the rack apart partially, used needle nose pliers to remove the bad anchors from the front panel, and screwed two of the spare anchors they gave me in. It was surprisingly easy to do but given that the holes are a little oversized now, I hope the thing holds together well enough. Other than the problem with the bad anchors on the front panel, the thing was pretty easy to assemble. I definitely recommend installing a couple pieces of rack equipment, or at least a 3U spacer and maybe a 1U patch panel or some such, to make sure that the rails properly align before you tighten most of the internal screws. I’m happy with the final result, though I wouldn’t have been if they hadn’t included those spare anchors and I had to send away for a replacement front panel like I thought I was going to happen. I don’t like the smell—I don’t know if they dipped it in fish oil or if one of the workers just decided he needed to go really bad before he shipped it, or what, but hopefully that will dissipate over time. I’m attaching a picture of the back of the front panel, showing the anchors that did not fit the provided construction screws, aligned above one of the other panels, that did have proper anchors. Please mark this review helpful if it aids in your purchasing decision, thanks!

This is some of the best money I've recently spent on gear. After downsizing into an apartment, I needed a rack that could house my vocal chain (and some as-yet to arrive outboard stuff), and look presentable alongside my existing office/studio furniture. Maybe "studio" is too grandiose a term; these days, I'm doing VO, recording and vocal work in a nook that is visible from the main living space. So, for once, I wanted (needed, according to my lovely lady) my recording area to be functional, but pleasing to the eye. This unit does the trick, for not a lot of money. Yes, it comes flat-shipped, and you have to do a bit of assembly. But the parts, the hardware, and the finish of the sides, bottom, and top make for a beautiful end result that, on high-quality casters, rolls and parks like a rack costing three times as much. The holes all line up, the slots and tabs are perfect, and all in, it took me less than a half hour to put the rolling cabinet together. I used a wee bit of glue before I set the larger pieces into place. That wasn't a requirement, but that's how I roll when it comes to DIY furniture. I'll be looking to get more from this company, when and if my needs grow. Very highly recommended.

I have assembled and used dozens of studio racks, and this one is far above everything out there with regard to precision, structural integrity, and fit and finish. It is simply beautiful and sets the new standard in recording studio equipment furniture.

Does what it’s supposed to do. These old samplers are heavy compared to newer rack mount gear and the unit is holding up well.

The product looks great with beautiful color.

This product has great value. I have three complaints. 1. The assembly screws use a (too small) ~2mm hex key. It is very easy for it to slip from the screw head and strip it. 2. One of the parts of my unit came with chipped laminate. In my case it's not a big deal since I don't even plan to use this piece, but quality control could be improved. 3. The caster wheels screw onto the bottom, but you can't lock them tight. If this rolls around for a while, the wheels can just unscrew themselves from the base or the unit will become wobbly as some wheels partly unscrew. Also, wheels could be a little more rubbery to grip better on hard flooring, providing better stopping power when casters are locked. That's it. Once assembled, it's a great product.