All,
Thanks for the responses. To answer a few of the questions, aesthetics are important from the WAF factor, not the end all, but it does have to look decent. I need 5 shelves for the pre and sources. And would prefer a double wide over vertical shelves. We are trying go for a more "furniture" appearance than "audio man cave" look.
The current rack is a 5 shelf, Z thing I got from a friend. It is a fill in for now. The amps are currently on 3" maple boards on the carpeted floor and can stay in that config. I checked on the Billy Bags, Salamander, Adona, Timber Nation, Stand Design, Kanso..... but the prices start getting up there for the configuration I need. Also, price is a factor, I do not want to spend $2500.00 on a rack, therefor the DYI approach.
Mike