See
Conditions of Sale
See
Shelving and Cabinet Guide
Frequently
Asked Questions
1. WHAT
ARE THE WEIGHT LIMITS FOR EACH SHELVING MATERIAL?
• UNFINISHED BIRCH WITH OPTIMUS
CLAMPS: 45 POUNDS
• UNFINISHED BIRCH WITH SUPPORT-BAR-SYSTEM; 65 POUNDS
• FINISHED MAPLE WITH OPTIMUS CLAMPS; 55 POUNDS
• FINISHED MAPLE WITH SUPPORT-BAR-SYSTEM:
75 POUNDS
• ACRYLIC WITH SUPPORT-BAR-SYSTEM: 100 POUNDS.
note: WE
HAVE BUILT SUPPORTBARS TO HOLD 175 POUNDS PER SHELF.
2. FUNCTION
OF VISCO-ELASTICS
(VE):
FOR
MANY YEARS, VE HAS BEEN WIDELY ACCEPTED WITHIN THE
AUDIO/VIDEO INDUSTRY FOR THEIR ACOUSTICAL ISOLATION PROPERTIES.
WITHIN pARTicular,
THEY ARE PART OF A MULTI - STEP- ISOLATION-APPROACH
(MSIA)
TO OFFER SUPERIOR ISOLATION PLATFORMS.
AS YOU KNOW, pARTicular HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS
INTERNATIONAL
ENGINEERING + DESIGN AWARDS. YOU
CAN BE ASSURED THAT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING
TO LET YOUR EQUIPMENT PERFORM
AT ITS BEST.
3. WHAT IS THE CORRECT PLACEMENT OF VISCOELASTIC’S
(VE)?
PLACE THEM ON TOP OF SUPPORT-BAR
AND UNDERNEATH THE SHELF. IDEALLY,
THE VE ARE PLACED IN A VISUAL REFERENCE
LINE WITH
THE EQUIPMENT FEET. THIS
PROVIDES THE SHORTEST TRAVELING
DISTANCE FOR RESONANCES INTO
THE
VE AS RECEPTICAL. AS YOU KNOW,
NOT ONLY WATER OR WE HUMANS
LIKE TO TRAVEL THE WAY OF
LEAST RESISTANCE, RESONANCES
DO THE SAME AND HENCE THE IMPORTANCE
TO MAKE IT
AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE
RESONANCES TO TRAVEL INTO VE
AWAY FROM THE EQUIPMENT.
THIS
MEANS LESS EXPOSURE OF THE
EQUIPMENT TO ITS OWN RESONANCES, LEADING
TO LESS
DISTOrtSION OF THE SIGNAL AND
BETTER SOUND IS THE RESULT.
CYLINDRICAL
VE is CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING
12 POUNDS OF WEIGHT EACH.
4. HOW TO USE THE VE WITHOUT AL:PLACE
THE ADHESIVE SIDE TOWARDS THE SUPPORTBAR
AND THE OTHER SIDE TOWARDS THE
SHELF.
5. CALCULATIONS
OF HOW MANY VE ARE NEEDED?
VE:
IF YOU PLACE ONE OF THE VE IN EACH CORNER OF
THE SHELF (WHICH EQUALS FOUR) AND ONE UNDERNEATH THE CENTER
OF THE SHELF,
YOU CAN SUPPORT 60 LBS.
(5 X 12
= 60) POUNDS. NOW SUBTRACT
THE WEIGHT OF THE SHELF AND ONE CAN ESTIMATE
THAT YOUR EQUIPmeNT
SHOULD NOT BE HEAVIER
THAN 52 POUNDS TO OFFER ADEQUATE ISOLATING PROPERTIES
FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
6. HOW DO I USE THE VE
WITH ALUMINUM DISCS (AL)?
VE: PLACE THE ADHESIVE SIDE OF VE
INSIDE THE AL, THE OTHER SIDE IS FACING TOWARDS THE SHELF.
7. WHY USE THE COMBINATION OF VE
+AL?
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE SHOWN
THAT, IN GENERAL, VISCO-ELASTICS HAVE ONLY ISOLATING
PROPERTIES WHEN THE WEIGHTBEARING CAPACITY OF THE VE IS NOT EXCEEDED
AND/OR
THE VE IS NOT DEFORMED BEYOND A SPECIFIC POINT (EVEN
BEFORE THE MAXIMUM
WEIGHT BEARING CAPACITY IS REACHED, FOR EXAMPLE
NONSYMMETRICAL OR POINT COMPRESSION).
>>>YOU JUST LEARNED: 1)
KNOW THE TOTAL WEIGHT BEING PLACED ON THE VE (SHELF AND
EQUIPMENT) AND
2) PREVENT THE DEFORMATION OF THE VE
BY PLACING IT IN A RECESSED SURFACE OF AL.
>>>THE CORRECT USE
OF VE
IS ONE OF THE MOST INEXPENSIVE AND CORRECT WAYS TO OFFER
ADEQUATE ISOLATION TO YOUR EQUIPMENT.
ALL OUR ISOLATION PLATFORMS ARE PURCHASED WITH VE.
8. WHAT TO DO IF MY EQUIPMENT IS
HEAVIER?
USE THE ABOVE MENTIONED FORMULA TO
CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF VE NEEDED. FOR
EXAMPLE: HOW MANY VE DO I HAVE TO
USE IF I HAVE TO SUPPORT 96 POUNDS?
EACH VE SUPPORTS 12 POUNDS; 96 POUNDS :12 = 8.
IN GENERAL, IF YOU ARE CLOSE OR AT
THE MAXIMUM WEIGHTBEARING CAPACITY OF A VE, USE AN EXTRA
ONE. NEVER
SAVE A FEW DOLLARS TO COMPROMISE THIS IMPORTANT ISOLATION
STEP.
IN THE CASE USED ABOVE WE WOULD
RECOMMEND TO PURCHASE 9.
YOU CAN PLACE THREE ON THE FRONT
PART OF THE SHELF, THREE IN THE BACK AND THREE ALONG
THE CENTERLINE OF SHELF.
9. WHY DOES THE AL HAVE TWO RECESSED
SURFACES?
THE SURFACE AREA OF AL FACING TOWARDS
THE SUPPORTBAR IS MINIMIZED BY THE RECESSION. THE
SMALLER THE SURFACE CONTACT, THE LESS
RESONANCES FROM SUPPORT-BAR CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTO
THE VE.
SOME CUSTOMERS WANTED TO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO PLACE A VE AS an ADDITIONAL ISOLATION STEP
TOWARDS THE SUPPORTBAR. THIS
WORKS
WELL with EQUIpMENT, WHERE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION IS FAIRLY
EVEN. KEEP
IN MIND THAT VISCO-ELASICS HAVE PLASTICITY AND WILL
DEFORM/ADAPT TO THE HEAVIER WEIGHTED PART OF EQUIPMENT.
HENCE WE RECOMMEND TO USE ONLY ONE VE /AL, IF NECESSARY TO
SUPPORT HEAVIER CORNERS
OF EQUIPMENT WITH TWO AL+VE NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
10. SUMMARY OF VE:
EVEN SUCH A SMALL ITEM LIKE VE, IS
AN INTRICATE PART OF A SOPHISTICATED APPROACH TO OFFER
PROPER ISOLATION TO THE ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT.
REST ASSURED, THE COMPLETE ENGINEERING
WAS DONE IN GERMANY AND TOOK
CONSIDERABLE TIME.
BESIDES THE VE AND AL, WE ARE
USING SEVEN DIFFERENT MATERIAL DENSITIES WITHIN THE
SUSPENSION FRAME TO OPTIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR
INVESTMENT. YES,
YOU ARE
CORRECT WHEN THINKING, THAT THE ENGINEERING DETERMINED
THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. NEVERTHELEsS,
WE ENJOY YOUR COMMENTS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE LOOK,
FUNCTIONALITY AND VERSATILITY OF
OUR PRODUCTS.
11. WHICH ISOLATION
PLATFORM IS THE MOST VERSATILE?
1) BASIS
+OPTIMUS
= AS NON-SUSPENSION PLATFORM
2) SUMMIT = AS SEMI-SUSPENSION PLATFORM
3. TRIANGLE = AS FULL SUSPENSION
PLATFORM.
• LOOK AT BASIS AND
YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU CAN ADD TO EITHER SIDE AS MANY
ADDITIONAL UNITS
AS YOU LIKE. YES YOU CAN EVEN
BUILD
INTO CORNERS AND CONTINUE. WE HAVE
BUILDT SYSTEMS THAT ARE 20’WIDE
AND 8’TALL, DISPLAYING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN
THE LIVING ROOM, STARTING WITH BOOKS, TV, GLASS COLLECTIONS
....
• YOU CAN CUSTOM ORDER THE
LENGTH OF RODS AND BUILD THE SHELVING LIKE
A PYRAMID, STARTING LOW ON ONE SIDE AND GOING UP OR HAVING
BOTH OUTER PARTS TALL AND THE CENTER SECTION LOW TO ACCOMMODATE
THE PLASMA ON THE WALL: UNLIMITED OPTIONS, FROM DIFFERENT
SHELF-SIZES IN WIDTH TO DIFFERENT DEPTHS….
SUMMIT CAN
BE EXTENDED TO EITHER SIDE. YOU
JUST HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL SUPPORTBARS AND TWO RODS
IN FRONT AND BACK. THE
NEW SUPPORT BARS WILL SHARE TWO EXISTING RODS FRONT
AND BACK AND WOULD CONNECT TO THE NEW RODS ADDED.
TRIANGLE CAN
BE EXTENDED TO EITHER SIDE AS WELL. JUST
ADD ONE NEW LEG IN THE FRONT AND ONE NEW IN THE BACK.
CONNECT THE NEW SUPPORT BARS WITH THE EXISTING LEG( IT
CAN PIVOT
ALL THE WAY
BACK, SO THAT THE 45 DEGREE ANGLE ON THE TOP IS FACING
TOWARDS YOU) AND WITH THE TWO NEW LEGS. LOOKING
FROM THE CEILING OF THE ROOM DOWN, YOU WOULD SEE TWO
TRIANGLES, SHARING ONE LEG
IN THE FRONT CENTER.
12. CAN I CONVERT TRIANGLE FROM
A THREE POINT SUSPENSION TO A FOURPOINT SUSPENSION?
YES YOU CAN, JUST ADD ONE LEG WITH
ROD IN THE BACK AND MOVE THE EXISTING REAR LEG TO ONE
SIDE IN THE BACK.
THE GOOD PART:
THE NEW SUPPORT BAR SYSTEM IS PREMACHINED TO DO THIS.
NO EXTRA EXPENSES AS IT IS PART OF OUR PHILOSOPHY TO
PROTECT NOT ONLY
YOUR INITIAL INVESTMENT, BUT ANTICIPAte YOUR FUTURE EXPANSION.
13. HOW DO THE CHANNELS MOUNT TO
THE FRAME?
THEY DON’T!!!
THE CHANNEL’S DESIGN ALLOWS THEM TO BE SELF-STANDING. ONCE
THE INTERCONNECTS AND POWER PLUGS ARE PULLED THROUGH THE HOLES, THE CHANNEL,
WILL BE HELD IN PLACE AND CAN’T TIP.
14. DO YOU OFFER CUSTOMIZATION?
OF COURSE, WE DO IT REGUARLY. CONTACT
US IF YOU HAVEN’T
FOUND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. IT HELPS
US TREMENDOUSLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR NEEDS/REQUIREMENTS
ARE. WRITE
THEM ALL DOWN. WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
15. WHAT IS THE BEST PERFORMING
ISOLATION PLATFORM IN THE PRODUCT LINE?
TRIANGLE AND YPSILON ARE
THE REFERENCE PLATFORMS.
TRIANGLE, DUE
TO ITS ENGINEERING, IS MORE SUITABLE
FOR A TURNTABLE
SET-UP. IT OFFERS
GREATER ACCESSIBILITY ON THE TOP.
IN COMPARISON, YPSILON COULD
BE USED FOR A TURNTABLE SET-up; YOU WOULD LOWER
THE TOP-SHELF
SO IT GIVES
YOU THE DESIRED
ACCESS. YPSILON ALLOWS
PLACEMENT OF STEREO AMP UNDERNEATH THE STAINLESS
STEEL SUBFRAME.
AS YOU CAN TELL,
EACH ISOLATION PLATFORM HAS ITS UNIQUE
PLACE AND FUNCTION/APPLICATION IN
THE COMPLETE
PRODUCT LINE.
NO PLATFORM IS
REDUNDANT.
16. WHICH PRODUCTS OFFER WOOD INLAYS
TO MATCH EXISTING HOME DECORS?
TANDEM, DUETTO AND UPRIGHT HAVE
BEEN EMBRACED BY THOSE, WHO WANT TO ACHIEVE A COHESIVE
LOOK IN THEIR
HOME.
ALL THE EXTRUSIONS ARE CUSTOM MADE. THE
MATERIAL IS AIRCRAFT GRADE ALUMINUM.
IT IS THE STRONGEST ALUMINUM AVAIlaBLE, ALLOWING
US
TO CREATE A
UNIQUE LOOK WITHOUT HAVING TO COMPROMISE
OUR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN.
17. PRICING OF ARCHITECTURAL SHELVING
PRODUCTS:
PRICING IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IF
YOU HAVE CHOSEN YOUR PRODUCT , ShELF SIZE,
SHELF MATERIAL AND FRAME
FINISH.
ALL FRAMES COME WITH A STANDARD
BLACK FINISH.
SOME IDEAS:
OPTIMUS:
STARTING AT $700 WITH AN UNFINISHED SHELF
SUMMIT: STARTING
AT $1950 WITH A FINISHED
WALNUT SHELF
TRIANGLE: STARTING
AT $4500 WITH OPAQUE ACRYLIC
YPSILON: STARTING
AT $5200 WITH OPAQUE ACRYLIC
$5200 WITH BLACK
ACRYLIC.
18. WHAT CUSTOM COLORS DO YOU OFFER?
CUSTOM COLORS LIKE YOU SEE WITH MONTEGO
BLUE, TANDEM OR UPRIGHT ARE
MORE EASILY AVAIlABLE
AS WE HAVE
MORE READy ACCESS TO
THEM, STARTING AT $450
(FRAME, only) AND UP.
YES
WE HAVE DONE PRODUCTS
IN FERRARI RED AND
YELLOW,
MERCEDES
SILVER,
AUDI PEARL
WHITE, BRITISH RACING
GREEN....
DO
EXPECT SOME REAL UPCHARGES.
JUST
HAVING TO PURCHASE
THEM IN MINimum QUANTITIES,
FEDEXING
THEM,
SPECIAL
PREPARATIOn...USUALLY
STARTs AT $850.
19. WHICH PRODUCT BELONGS TO
THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION?
EURYHTMY, MIGRATION, INFERNO,
ODYSEE, MONTEGO BLUE
- ONLY 16 AVAILABLE OF
EACH MODEL.
20. WHERE ARE THE PRODUCTS
HANDSIGNED AND NUMBERED?
ALL SUPENSION PLATFORMS
ARE HANDSIGNED
AND NUMBERED AT
THE TOP-PORTION
OF THE
FRAME, USUALLY AT THE
PIECE WHERE
THE STAINLESS
STEEL SUBFRAME
IS MOUNTED.
WE DO NOT SIGN OPTIMUS, MAXIMUS,
OR SOLO.
SERIAL
NUMBERS
AND THEIR
ASSIGNED
VALUE:
THE SERIAL
NUMBER
USUALLY
HAS FOUR
DIGITS.
EXCEPTIONS
MIGHT BE
WITH THE
UNITS
WE HAVE
BUILT 12+
YEARS AGO.
THE
MAGIC 0001
TO 0010:
001 IS
NOT AVAILABLE,
AS IT STAYS
WITHIN
THE PRIVATE
COLLECTION
OF THE
CHIEF
INDUSTRIAL
DESIGNER
OF THE
COMPANY.
WE
DO RECEIVE
INQUIRIES
ABOUT
LOW SERIAL
NUMBERS
ON A REGULAR
BASIS,
ESPECIALLY
FOR THOSE
UNITS THAT
HAVE
RECEIVED
INTERNATIONAL
DESIGN
AWARDS
OR
ARE
INCLUDED
IN A PERMANENT
COLLECTION
OF A MUSEUM.
PLEASE CONTACT
US FOR
THE UNITS
YOU ARE
SPECIFICALLY
INTERESTED
IN AND
WE WILL
CHECK FOR ITS AVAILABILITY.
GENERAL PRICING GUIDELINES:
0002 PURCHASE PRICE = DOUBLE OF THE REGULAR RETAIL PRICE
0003 = 75% UPCHARGE
0004 = 60%
0005 = 50%
0006 = 40%
0007 = 30%
0008 = 20%
0009 = 10%
0010 = REGULAR PRICE
• WHAT
IS UNIQUE WITH THE UNITS 0001 to 0009:
THE COMPLETE UNITS
ARE BUILT BY VOLKMAR DRUEBBISCH.
• UNITS STARTING AT 0010
, ONLY THE FRAME IS WELDED BY VOLKMAR
DRUEBBISCH, THE UNIT IS COMPLETED BY THE pARTicular Team.
• THE UPCHARGE IS COLLECTED
AND USED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES
, OR SUCH DISASTERS
AS THE TSUNAMI CATASTROPHE, DAFOUR,
MEDICAL DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, LEUKEMIA SOCIETY,
CANCER RESEARCH....
PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING pARTicular,
VOLKMAR DRUEBBISCH HAD SPENT 15 YEARS IN THE MEDICAL/PHARMACEUTICAL
FIELD AND
WISHES TO
SUPPORT NETWORKS THAT PROVIDE NECESSARY MEDICATION
AND STAFF TO THE LESS PRIVILIGED (MORE DETAIL CAN
BE FOUND
IN THE SECTION ABOUT
US WITH DEDICATED
ARTICLES TO VOLKMAR
DRUEBBISCH’s
PROFESSIONAL LIFE BEFORE FOUNDING pARTicular).
21. CUSTOM ORDERS:
THEY ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED, AND WE
WILL CREATE THE PRODUCT BASED ON YOUR SPECIFIATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND
THAT CUSTOM ORDERS ARE EXCEMPT FROM RETURN AND REQUIRE A 50% DEPOSIT
TO PLACE THE
ORDER INTO
THE MANUFACTURING
SCHEDULE. WE WILL BE ORDERING
THE CUSTOM MATERIALS WHEN YOUR FUNDS HAVE CLEARED AND UPON
RECEIPT WILL INFORM YOU ABOUT
THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL OF SHIPPING.
22. TRADE-INS:
WE OFFER THAT OPTION, BUT RESERVE
THE RIGHT TO MAKE IT DEPENDENT ON VARIOUS FACTS THAT
WILL ALLOW US
TO RE-SELL
THE ITEM. WE
ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE SELLER TO USE ONLINE FACILITIES
THAT SPECIALIZE IN SELLING USED EQUIPMENT.
23. HOW
ARE THE PRODUCTS
SHIPPED?
IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE
SHIPPING COST FOR WORLDWIDE DELIVERY,WE ARE SHIPPING THE PRODUCTS
DISASSEMBLED.
24. ASSEMBLY
OF
PRODUCTS:
THE UNITS HAVE WON DESIGN AWARDS
DUE THEIR SIMPLE WAY TO BE ASSEMBLED. THE
MAINFRAME OF YPSILON,
NOVUS, SUMMIT, PARALLEL,
RECTANGLE CAN BE
ASSEMBLED WITH ONLY TWO SCREWS.
WE
HAVE SENT
OUT HUNDREDS OF UNITS AND HAD NEVER RECEIVED
A UNIT BACK FOR BEING TOo DIFFICULT TO
BE ASSEMBLED.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE NEVER
HAD A CUSTOMER THAT PURCHASED OUR PRODUCT AND DIDN’T
LIKE IT.
