[ashirin]

@Paladin79 Another vote: I love the look of copper in general and don't much care for the blue patina myself.

 

[Paladin79]

@Paladin79 Another vote: I love the look of copper in general and don't much care for the blue patina myself.

Honestly it would save me time and trouble going with the shiny copper, it may become part of a ground buss anyway.

 

[Tim van der Leeuw]

These cables are relatively easy to find, but sometimes they are referred to as "printer cables"

Here is one option from Amazon that comes in black or white in various lengths. There are many other brands available as well.

Here is another option from Monoprice.

Well, perhaps I would have been more lucky indeed if I would have searched for "USB-C printer cables"!

As it is I found only one suitable cable, pretty short but that's fine for my setup, made by StarTechCom.

https://www.coolblue.nl/product/668522/startech-usb-c-naar-usb-b-2-0-kabel-1-meter.html

 

[sam6550a]

Opinions please.

I am building a new stereo rack using solid cherry and copper. Which looks better, shiny copper or copper with the blue patina. Either would be finished with a clear lacquer so the patina or shine are maintained. The flanges will stay black. Those are the choices so please do not suggest iron pipe or other colors lol. Well maybe a green patina, but otherwise this is it. Most equipment will be Schiit in the silver finish, some pieces in black.

Shiny, please Tom! It is much easier to maintain and refinish--and looks great with Schiit aluminum.

 

[ashirin]

@Paladin79 You can't go wrong with shiny copper in my opinion, but I just remembered another look that I really like is copper when it's brushed and has a matte appearance (but is the same color).

Actually, this video is what I had in mind. They use brushed copper for the hard-line tubing in a water cooling loop in a PC and I think it looks amazing. However, I don't know how the finish will look after you apply the lacquer.

 

[Paladin79]

@Paladin79 You can't go wrong with shiny copper in my opinion, but I just remembered another look that I really like is copper when it's brushed and has a matte appearance (but is the same color).

Actually, this video is what I had in mind. They use brushed copper for the hard-line tubing in a water cooling loop in a PC and I think it looks amazing. However, I don't know how the finish will look after you apply the lacquer.

Great info, thanks! Luckily I am not doing any bends so this should be relatively straight forward. I have worked with copper in amp builds and a large flat sheet is so hard to keep from scratching, this finish should help lol.

 

[nerone]

both are shown of course, the board is sitting on patinated copper but I will count that as a vote for shiny copper.

Sorry I didn’t notice the one with patina. But my vote is on the shiny one!

 

[Paladin79]

Sorry I didn’t notice the one with patina. But my vote is on the shiny one!

Yeah I am leaning that way, thanks for your input.

 

[hearditontheX]

@Paladin79 I vote for the patina copper version. Reason being it will give more of an appearance that the shelves are floating. It also provides a more uniform contrast between the horizontal and the vertical.

 

[Paladin79]

@Paladin79 I vote for the patina copper version. Reason being it will give more of an appearance that the shelves are floating. It also provides a more uniform contrast between the horizontal and the vertical.

Interesting, it would be easy enough to do a mock up to check that out before final assembly.

 

[bcowen]

I just got done sorting all the CD’s in my garage. Between those and my record collection I may have to add more shelves.

Hoarder.

I mean that in a nice way, of course.

 

[nerone]

Yeah I am leaning that way, thanks for your input.

I'd love to have the space to do things like you do. But unfortunately I live in a "shoe box" apartment.
Since we are on the copper pipe season, maybe you could try something like this to set the ambience for the music listening:

 

[bcowen]

Opinions please.

I am building a new stereo rack using solid cherry and copper. Which looks better, shiny copper or copper with the blue patina. Either would be finished with a clear lacquer so the patina or shine are maintained. The flanges will stay black. Those are the choices so please do not suggest iron pipe or other colors lol. Well maybe a green patina, but otherwise this is it. Most equipment will be Schiit in the silver finish, some pieces in black.

Copper will resonate. Brass would be better. That's kind of within the choices -- brass has copper in it, right?

I do like the shiny copper better though...

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

Opinions please.

I am building a new stereo rack using solid cherry and copper. Which looks better, shiny copper or copper with the blue patina. Either would be finished with a clear lacquer so the patina or shine are maintained. The flanges will stay black. Those are the choices so please do not suggest iron pipe or other colors lol. Well maybe a green patina, but otherwise this is it. Most equipment will be Schiit in the silver finish, some pieces in black.

The blue patina.
Much more character than bling bling rap copper.

 

[Paladin79]

I'd love to have the space to do things like you do. But unfortunately I live in a "shoe box" apartment.
Since we are on the copper pipe season, maybe you could try something like this to set the ambience for the music listening:

I built something like that in college, all parts were functional though, and electronic components. In the end it was an FM radio.