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Topic: Where have the rack handles gone?

Why did RME remove rack handles from its newest units?

They were one of the company’s best innovations!

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Re: Where have the rack handles gone?

Bump?

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Re: Where have the rack handles gone?

I agree, units with handles look better and 'stronger' in a way ..

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Re: Where have the rack handles gone?

Gandra wrote:

I agree, units with handles look better and 'stronger' in a way ..

Not just that — they allow for easy derigging!

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Re: Where have the rack handles gone?

mjfe87 wrote:
Gandra wrote:

I agree, units with handles look better and 'stronger' in a way ..

Not just that — they allow for easy derigging!

what's a de-rigging?

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Re: Where have the rack handles gone?

As in, taking the unit out of a 19" rack case!

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Re: Where have the rack handles gone?

mjfe87 wrote:

Why did RME remove rack handles from its newest units?

They were one of the company’s best innovations!

Is there an official response from RME on this?

We're about to upgrade our trusty UFX and I can't understand why users wouldn't want rack handles for installing units in 19" rack cases?

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Re: Where have the rack handles gone?

For my small Thomann 23cm rack the handles were brilliant to prevent devices to hit the surface with their WC BNC plugs when you rack top down ( I have no fix rack in a room that you can't move).

Which reminds me, it woult be nice if the technical data section of devices would contain weight and diameter information of the devices for quick information e.g. about the depth of the devices, to find proper rack sizes quicker.
This is missing e.g. for Octamic XTC I just checked, but this was the only check/test, could be missing for more devices.

Its IMHO too much work having to open the manuals for that.

BR Ramses - UFX III, 12Mic, XTC, ADI-2 Pro FS R BE, RayDAT, X10SRi-F, E5-1680v4, Win10Pro22H2, Cub14