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Awesome Rack
I use this to mount a Behringer Xenyx 2442fx (located in the top adjustable angle rack) with rack gear such as headphone amplifiers, gates, reverb, ect along the bottom rack. This comes with plenty of places to mount rack equipment and is especially useful if you have a lot of them. My band uses our own small set up for band rehearsal but being the drumming it was a bit awkward having the mixer in accessible reach to change any monitor mixes on the fly, luckily with this I was able to bring the mixer and the outboard gear much closer when at the drums and push it neatly away when band practice had finished.
I can also see this being very useful in a home studio set up that lacks a patch bay as it is much easier to move this around and get to the back of equipment than in a usual cabinet of rack equipment.
However there is an issue with this style rack, since its not a cabinet all of the cabling is on show so unless you have velcro cable ties it can look a bit messy and can often run over cables on the ground when moving around if you're not looking.
Another issue isn't with the product but rather with the manufacturer; it doesn't come with any instructions which does mean you have to figure it out as you go, but even with that it only took around 5-10 minutes to build.
Over all its a great product and very good price point.
I can also see this being very useful in a home studio set up that lacks a patch bay as it is much easier to move this around and get to the back of equipment than in a usual cabinet of rack equipment.
However there is an issue with this style rack, since its not a cabinet all of the cabling is on show so unless you have velcro cable ties it can look a bit messy and can often run over cables on the ground when moving around if you're not looking.
Another issue isn't with the product but rather with the manufacturer; it doesn't come with any instructions which does mean you have to figure it out as you go, but even with that it only took around 5-10 minutes to build.
Over all its a great product and very good price point.
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Disappointing purchase
Screw holes in the top section of the rack were unevenly placed resulting in racks that were lopsided 0mm on the left and 4mm! on the right. One of the rack spaces was unusable. Had to experiment with the placement of my various rack units (1U, 2U, 3U) to get them into the rack. Very frustrating. I understand this is a cheaply priced unit. but misaligned screw holes is totally unacceptable. Minor observation - when assembled the using didn't sit flatly on the floor - one of the wheels had to be adjusted substantially to stop the unit rocking.
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Great for the price; just update the assembly drawing!
This is a fantastic product for this price!
The only thing is that the assembly drawing is confusing, and that they packed the wrong tool (1 inbus/hex tool was wrong size). The drawing shows that all 4 wheels have brake mechanism, when in fact only 2 have those (which is OK, but it does not help assembling). Also, the drawing shows that 6 of the screws are "butterfly" type, but they are NOT provided in the package (only plain inbus/hex screws). The product photos on Thomann site are true to the package.
The only thing is that the assembly drawing is confusing, and that they packed the wrong tool (1 inbus/hex tool was wrong size). The drawing shows that all 4 wheels have brake mechanism, when in fact only 2 have those (which is OK, but it does not help assembling). Also, the drawing shows that 6 of the screws are "butterfly" type, but they are NOT provided in the package (only plain inbus/hex screws). The product photos on Thomann site are true to the package.
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Nice sturdy rack for the 'space conscious' studio
Having not a huge area for use of a studio, I bought one of these to get as much racked as possible but also keeping it fairly 'mobile'.
I use this with a Yamaha MG166 mixer and separate 1U headphone amp fitted to the top tiltable section and underneath a very heavy power amp, tray and rack power supply.
It is very solidly built, nice smooth and lockable wheels to move it around on.
For a small studio, this is great and I succeeded in getting a majority if not all of the mess of cables off the floor or trailing between units and now all self contained on this rack stand. Due to it being not an enclosed frame, it still allows you to swivel round and change the cables with ease.
In a way I prefer this frame to the other designs where the lower rack is front mounted, as this rack allows me to sit in front of the tilted mixer, with the lower units set back far enough not to bash your knees against.
Just 2 star lost in quality as not all of the rack hole threads are as clean and well cut as they could have been, but overall very nice rack stand.
Highly recommended
I use this with a Yamaha MG166 mixer and separate 1U headphone amp fitted to the top tiltable section and underneath a very heavy power amp, tray and rack power supply.
It is very solidly built, nice smooth and lockable wheels to move it around on.
For a small studio, this is great and I succeeded in getting a majority if not all of the mess of cables off the floor or trailing between units and now all self contained on this rack stand. Due to it being not an enclosed frame, it still allows you to swivel round and change the cables with ease.
In a way I prefer this frame to the other designs where the lower rack is front mounted, as this rack allows me to sit in front of the tilted mixer, with the lower units set back far enough not to bash your knees against.
Just 2 star lost in quality as not all of the rack hole threads are as clean and well cut as they could have been, but overall very nice rack stand.
Highly recommended
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rack width not exact enough
my unit came a couple of mm to narrow in the lower half to fit my focusrite clarett 18i20. I had to add shims in two places to make it fit. I looked up the standard rack size and this thomann unit actually doesn't follow it, or maybe it was just my unit that wasn't checked before leaving the factory. Otherwise I like the design, it fits my needs.
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Perfect fit for my needs
I needed a rack trolley for my Behringer 2600 and Model D plus some other rack modules but it had to be able to put the synths just on top of my Piano. By putting this rack just against the back of the piano I have access to the B2600 and model D as if they were sitting on top of it.
Very stable and solid construction. Recommended!
Very stable and solid construction. Recommended!
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Exactly as advertised
The rack is exactly as advertised. It is sturdy enough for the task and easy to assemble. Manufacturing quality seems to be good. Better than you might expect for the (very reasonable) price. There are a couple of very minor points. The lower part of the rack (the none angled part) is a tight fit for my 19" shelf, and the supplied assembly instructions show "butterfly" type bolts for some of the connections although standard cap screws are provided. The pictures of the item on the actual web site show the normal cap screws though, so a VERY minor point. All in all I can recommend this product without reservation
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Millenium RW-2001 - no screw thread at all.
It was impossible to screw this rack trolley together, because in one hole is lack of screw thread. No feedback from thomann.de about this item till now. Only possible way to bring this stand together is screwing rack format instrument, original part instead, in lower space of Millenium RW-2001.
After some conversation, Thomann gave to me completely new rack, instead of the not usable part of previous rack. I did not expect this great attitude. This new rack is usable as required. Thank You very much to Thomann team.
After some conversation, Thomann gave to me completely new rack, instead of the not usable part of previous rack. I did not expect this great attitude. This new rack is usable as required. Thank You very much to Thomann team.
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Cost effective rack unit - has some flaws
You can mount quite a lot of rack equipment in this so I've found it very useful in my home studio, where I'm not bothered about protecting the equipemt or too bothered about cabling etc.
However, some of the screw sockets are defective, or it was the bolts it came with that didn't fit properely and tapped into the threads, renedering them unusable. There are therefore a couple of U that I can't use unless I drill through the screw holes and then just use a nut to fasten the bolt - not ideal.
I've also found the frame containing the screw holes extends quite far into the space where the rack unit sits. Hence, a 6U, deep unit was incredibly difficult to mount as some screw heads sticking out of the body didn't clear the rack frame. I haven't had a problem before with this unit in flight cases etc.
However, some of the screw sockets are defective, or it was the bolts it came with that didn't fit properely and tapped into the threads, renedering them unusable. There are therefore a couple of U that I can't use unless I drill through the screw holes and then just use a nut to fasten the bolt - not ideal.
I've also found the frame containing the screw holes extends quite far into the space where the rack unit sits. Hence, a 6U, deep unit was incredibly difficult to mount as some screw heads sticking out of the body didn't clear the rack frame. I haven't had a problem before with this unit in flight cases etc.
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excellent addition to the (project) studio
This rolling rack has been an excellent addition to my project studio, allowing me to raise my mixer up to a height where it can be tweaked more like an instrument. I've had no problems with the rack-sizes or stability (naturally, fitting it with some gear helps with stability).
One odd thing; I found that one of the allen keys/wrenches supplied was the wrong size for the screws it came with (luckily I had the right size handy).
Overall, I think this is a great piece of equipment for the price.
One odd thing; I found that one of the allen keys/wrenches supplied was the wrong size for the screws it came with (luckily I had the right size handy).
Overall, I think this is a great piece of equipment for the price.
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