JJZolx wrote:
They're 17" in size because that's a fairly accepted form factor and
will fit in most audio racks (shelf units, that is, not 19" equipment
racks). Few are exactly 17" in width and even fewer have any means of
actually being mounted in a 19" equipment rack.
And the folklore says that train rails are the distance because of Roman
chariott wheels....
Meridian Boothroyd Stuart has been selling high end stuff that is much
smaller than 17" for years.
With receivers and the dreaded Home Theater control centers, you need
wide and about 4U to hold all the connections. But there is little
justification to continue that form factor. Other than that everyone
else does it.
Look at WSLam's photos of the inside of the Transporter.
It is mostly air. They could have made it any size they wanted.
Of course, it would sound better if the power supply was in a separate
unit connected by a 42 zillion wire umbilical.
> actually being mounted in a 19" equipment rack. I seem to recall a
> number of years back when rack mountability was a styling feature of a
> lot of high end gear, but that fad ended a long time ago.
Yes, except for a fair number of high powered amps.
Probably the style was driven by the insane view that audiophiles want
"professional" equipment. While sound quality is important to sound
professionals, no "professional" turntable, either for modern DJs or
radio DJs from decades ago, has anything that an audiophile would want.
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Pat
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