Bauer Audio Turns Their Hand to Hi-Fi Racks

The newly released Bauer Audio Regal rack is described by the company as "making the impossible possible". 

This is how you could describe the development of the ideal hi-fi furniture. On the one hand, the construction has to keep footfall noise and vibrations away from the device. On the other hand, it should dissipate mechanical energy like the hum of a transformer. Our shelf offers simple but clever solutions for this tricky task.

To avoid vibration, the shelves are not firmly connected to the stainless steel rods but instead lie loosely on plastic rings. This construction is said to reduce the transmission of vibrations through the floor to the units. In addition, it provides a little play and decouples in the horizontal plane. "Because the frequency at which the Regal gently sways is below the audible spectrum, there is no annoying interference", says the company.

The shelves are made of MDF laminated on both sides. Bauer Audio says that the significant advantage of this material is that it can be flexibly processed using a CNC milling machine. "With the help of geometric cutouts, we were able to distribute resonance maxima, so that vibration energy is diverted from the devices but not reflected back". This is beneficial not only for turntables and tube amplifiers but also for transistor electronics.

Willi Bauer followed the same design approach that can be seen in the dps record player and its loudspeakers: minimalist, reserved, timeless.

Available now, the Regal hi-fi rack sells in Australia for $1,550 RRP with a base and standard level (2-shelves).

For more information visit Bauer Audio