… I reached completion and rack population like so. The deeply seated spikes in the floor shoes made sliding the entire assembly into place very easy. On hard floors that's a neat bonus whenever one changes cables. Pull out the rack, turn it for easy access to the rear, then push back when done.

Acelec Model One speakers on Hifistay isolator spike shoes.

Here we see the show from the side…

… and finally…

… in a more rakish profile befitting a celebratory tipple. For all its obsessively machined metallurgy, I thought it a most handsome affair indeed.

Time to hit play. Before we do, a basic reminder. Human hearing is incredibly adaptive. That's why it's key to catch whatever contributions a newcomer makes in the first half hour. Now the familiar old still dominates, the new is at it freshest and potentially most different. Anytime later and our ear/brain already recalibrates itself. Components are more easily swapped back, full racks not so much. So I listened to a few familiar tracks on the wooden foot stool first, then used the same ones afterwards.