The Quadraspire SVT certainly supports its maker’s reputation for producing some of the finest performing audio racks in the business. My time with it explains why you see many in exhibitor’s rooms at hi-fi shows.
,The Ear · September 2022
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Quadraspire SVT 4-Shelf HiFi Rack
Regular price
$2,600.00
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The Quadraspire SVT 4-Shelf HiFi Rack in black is the SVT in its most common configuration: four slotted, solid bamboo shelves on curved aluminum columns, spaced 10.1, 10.1 and 8.5 inches from the bottom up, all in black. It is ready to order as it stands, made in Britain by Quadraspire, and every part of it can still be changed in our rack builder if your gear needs different spacing.
Key Features of the Quadraspire SVT 4-Shelf HiFi Rack
- Four Solid Bamboo Shelves: Black bamboo ply, which Quadraspire chose after testing because it suppresses vibration where materials like glass ring.
- Solid Aluminum SV Columns: 32 mm curved columns made from solid aluminum, not tube, to dissipate energy quickly.
- Spacing for the Heavy Pieces: 10.1 inches above the bottom two shelves for power amps and tube amps, 8.5 inches above the third, and an open top shelf for a turntable.
- 175 lb Per Shelf: Each of the four levels is rated to 80 kg.
- Spikes Included: The rack stands on spikes, with the bottom shelf 4.1 inches off the floor and 35.6 inches tall overall.
- No Parallel Lines: The curved shelf and column shapes avoid the parallel surfaces that encourage resonance, the same idea behind most musical instruments.
- Made in Britain: Quadraspire has built its racks in England since 1995.
Who Is Quadraspire?
Quadraspire is a British maker of hi-fi furniture, founded in 1995 and now building racks in Hallatrow, England. Their argument is simple: what you place your hi-fi on affects how it performs. Quadraspire picks every material and shape to reduce resonance, with the stated goal of lowering the noise floor and opening up the soundstage.
Why the Materials Matter
Each SVT shelf is solid bamboo ply. Quadraspire tested other shelf materials, found that glass and similar surfaces resonate, and settled on bamboo because it suppresses vibration (it is also carbon neutral).
The columns and feet are solid aluminum rather than steel tube, because a hollow tube can ring while solid aluminum dissipates energy quickly.
The shelves and columns are curved on purpose: parallel lines encourage standing resonance, so the SVT avoids them wherever it can.
The Spacing, Shelf by Shelf
From the floor up, this rack uses columns of 256, 256 and 216 mm, which is 10.1, 10.1 and 8.5 inches. That puts the most height above the two lower shelves, where the heavy pieces go: a power amp or a tube amp. The third shelf has 8.5 inches, room for a tall integrated or a small tube amp, and the top shelf has nothing above it, so a turntable lid opens all the way. Overall the rack stands 35.6 inches tall on its spikes.
Build Your Own SVT
This rack is one way to build an SVT. In our builder you pick one to seven shelves, the space above each, one of four bamboo finishes, black or silver columns, and spikes, flat feet, floor protectors or casters. It draws the rack to scale and prices it as you go, and Mike can check the design before you order.
Here is the SVT in the other three bamboo finishes. Tap one to open the builder in that finish.
Add a Matching SVT Amp Stand
A monoblock pair or a big power amp often lives on the floor next to the rack rather than in it. The Quadraspire SVT Amp Stand is one SVT shelf on spikes in the same black finish, and adding one or two with this rack takes about 10% off each stand.
The Quadraspire Rack Line, Compared
How the SVT sits among the ready-made Quadraspire racks. Every one here is in black, ready to order: four shelves, or three on the wide SV2T and SV3T.
$1,920
The same 32 mm SV columns under a plain, machined bamboo shelf that is shallower: 23.2 x 15.6 in. Same 175 lb per shelf.
$2,200
The Q4 EVO's plain shelf at full depth, 23.2 x 18.5 in, the same footprint as the SVT.
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$2,600
Quadraspire's performance shelf: slotted solid bamboo at 23.2 x 18.5 in on the same 32 mm columns.
$3,400
A larger 25.4 x 22.0 in shelf, 3.5 in deeper and 2.2 in wider than the SVT, for components that outgrow it.
$3,600
Three shelves, 26.1 in tall. Two bays side by side on a 43.5 in wide shelf with six columns per level, rated to 350 lb per shelf.
$5,700
Three shelves, 26.1 in tall. Three bays across a 63.8 in wide shelf with eight columns per level, rated to 525 lb per shelf.
$9,000
Quadraspire's X frame: thicker 44 mm columns and bronze feet with bronze spikes as standard, around a 28.3 x 23.2 in frame.
$9,800
The X-Reference frame carrying the larger 25.4 x 22.0 in SVTL shelf, on 44 mm columns with bronze feet and bronze spikes.
$10,800
Black Nextel shelves and X frames on 44 mm natural aluminum (silver) columns, with bronze feet and spikes. The X frames also come in orange Nextel.
Pick the SVT for the slotted performance shelf at full depth. Step up to the SVTL when a component outgrows that shelf, to the SV2T or SV3T to spread a system out side by side, or to the X-Reference for the 44 mm frame on bronze feet. Browse every option in Quadraspire HiFi Racks.
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Quadraspire SVT 4-Shelf HiFi Rack Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Model | Quadraspire SVT |
| Shelves | 4 |
| Shelf Finish | Black bamboo |
| Shelf Material | Solid bamboo ply |
| Shelf Size | 590 x 470 mm (23.2 x 18.5 in) |
| Columns | SV 32 mm curved, solid aluminum, black |
| Column Lengths (bottom to top) | 256, 256, 216 mm (10.1, 10.1, 8.5 in) |
| Feet | Spikes |
| Bottom Shelf Height | 104 mm (4.1 in) |
| Overall Height | 904 mm (35.6 in) |
| Weight Limit | 80 kg (175 lb) per shelf |
| Made In | Britain |
Quadraspire Q4 EVO or SVT?
Quadraspire Q4 EVO or SVT?
Both use the same 32 mm solid aluminum SV columns and carry 80 kg (175 lb) per shelf. The difference is the shelf. The Q4 EVO has a plain machined bamboo shelf, 590 x 395 mm (23.2 x 15.6 in). The SVT shelf is the slotted performance shelf at full depth, 590 x 470 mm (23.2 x 18.5 in), so check the depth of your deepest component first. Quadraspire says the machined slots lower mass and improve airflow.
Does a hi-fi rack make a difference to the sound?
Does a hi-fi rack make a difference to the sound?
Quadraspire's position is that what you place your hi-fi on affects how it performs, and every material on the SVT is chosen to reduce resonance: bamboo ply shelves because they suppress vibration where glass resonates, solid aluminum columns because a hollow tube can ring, and curved shapes because parallel lines encourage standing resonance. The Ear's Chris Baillie moved his system onto an SVT and heard the sound become "relaxed, spacious and open, then effortless yet dynamic," which he put down to a lower noise floor.
Can I add shelves to the SVT later?
Can I add shelves to the SVT later?
Yes. Bamboo SVT shelves add on with another set of columns, and Quadraspire recommends no more than 8 tiers, or 1500 mm, for the whole frame. Columns are made in 100, 140, 180, 216, 256 and 326 mm, so a new shelf can be spaced for the component going on it.
Why are the SVT columns aluminum instead of bamboo?
Why are the SVT columns aluminum instead of bamboo?
Quadraspire uses bamboo where it works best, in the shelf, and solid aluminum for the columns and feet. The columns are solid bar rather than hollow tube, because a tube can ring while solid aluminum dissipates energy quickly. Solid brass inserts sit between the columns and shelves as a further level of mechanical tuning.
Can I use the SVT spikes on a wood floor?
Can I use the SVT spikes on a wood floor?
This rack comes on spikes. Quadraspire also makes floor protectors that sit under the spikes, machined from solid stainless steel, and designed both to protect flooring and to improve performance. In our rack builder you can choose the rack with QC or QX7 floor protectors, or with flat feet or casters instead of spikes.
