finding cabinet is harder than all the AV kit !!!

[simonoaks]

Hi,

I have decided on a 50 inch plasma, onkyo amp, bookshelf speakers (3.1), Tosh XE1, sky hd and wii.

So, after all that, I cannot find a wooden cabinet to house it all. Want the L/R speakers either side of screen with centre speaker under it. Then need to house everything (might get away with sub next to it, particularly amp (W 435/H 194/ D 459). To get speakers on top next to panel need a cabinet about 1900-2000mm long by about 500-600 high and at least 500mm deep. Have search all over net, cannot find anything long enough.

Does anyone have any ideas of where I might find one, would rather not go down the expensive route of getting one custom built.

cheers

[enablerbro1]

Buy two units?

[noidea]

I had the same problem. These may suit you
http://www.eatsleeplive.co.uk/tvhi-fi.html

[SadR0bot]

Originally Posted by noidea

I had the same problem. These may suit you
http://www.eatsleeplive.co.uk/tvhi-fi.html

Good luck fitting a speaker into that generous 4" gap they call a shelf. All these companies flogging AV furniture that doesnt hold much more than a digibox and a vcr should be burned to the ground in my opinion.

And dont get me started on your friendly neighbourhood cabinet makers who will gladly knock you one together for the small price of putting his seven kids through university.

[SadR0bot]

I was looking at one of these on the Tesco site a while back. If I had the room width wise Id have one of these.

[noidea]

I thought he meant the centre speaker under the screen but on top of the unit given the overall height requirement
If you like the style it's probably worth asking them to quote in the dimensions you want as they seem to have to make everything from scratch anyway so it may not be that much more

[simonoaks]

Originally Posted by noidea

I had the same problem. These may suit you
http://www.eatsleeplive.co.uk/tvhi-fi.html

thanks, still not wide enough for tv and speakers to sit on top, and not quite deep enough for amp.

[simonoaks]

Originally Posted by BobHarris

I was looking at one of these on the Tesco site a while back. If I had the room width wise Id have one of these.

that is nearly it; need a different colour and may be a bit higher, but closest so far in terms of length !

[noidea]

How would you get all your equipment in the tesco one? are you ok having equipment behind doors? If you're using an RF remote and you would have the speaker on top of the unit, this one looks nice http://www.boconcept.co.uk/default.a...6&ImageID=2040 oops, just seen the depth, sorry

[buttons129]

make you right about about finding the right cabinet or a price for a bespoke one from a cabinet maker. i ended up designing one myself but have been quoted various prices from £1100 upto £2700 to make it! (attached images drawn in cad software).

anyone any thoughts on where i might get something like it?

[Knightshade]

If that's Zebrano or Beli you are planning on using then the price would be high, it's very fashionable and also pretty expensive in the sort of thicknesses you are looking at. £2700 is pretty over the top but the £1100 isn't too far off the mark, there would be at least £350 (inc wastage) of wood in the unit + the glass.
Cabinet makers are entitled to earn a living too!
The wood does look nice in the flesh though.

[Jules]

My advice is to draw down your own design, buy the wood, buy some decent power tools if you don't already have some... and build it yourself.

I built my own cabinet with cheap materials, but I'm considering doing it again with better stuff.

I went down to my local timber merchant and asked them to cut the wood into the right sized peices. I then took it all home and did the intricate stuff myself.

It is odd though, Home Cinema is really taking off but there isn't a single company that makes afordable cabinets to house:

- large Plasma / LCD screen
- a large centre speaker (must be in the middle and at a decent height, i.e. not down near the floor)
- a hefty AV amp
- Set top box
- DVD player
- other equipment e.g. DVD Recorder, HD player, Games console etc.

There's a design in my head that I think would sell like hot cakes on here.

[thudspud]

That tesco one is really nice, especially in the oak. It is slightly too wide, needs to be 150-160cm and not quite high enough, needs to be 50-60cm for my liking.

I really like this one on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=220135032440

But the space behind the doors is only 43cm wide and my av amp is 43cm leaving no room and I probably wouldn't get it in any way as it is closed back and the opening in the door is only 37cm.

There are quite a few I like on ebay but none of them fit the bill perfectly.

The blok 3000 is very nice but very expensive and the centre speaker section isn't wide enough.

Cheers

Chris

[bolts]

I got one of these:

http://www.av-sales.co.uk/AV-Stands-...AV3-406-25.htm

and then to give me some more space I got two of these:

http://www.av-sales.co.uk/AV-Stands-...AV1-406-25.htm

but now the wife wants to get rid of them all and get something else!

[SadR0bot]

Originally Posted by Jules

My advice is to draw down your own design, buy the wood, buy some decent power tools if you don't already have some... and build it yourself.

I built my own cabinet with cheap materials, but I'm considering doing it again with better stuff.

I went down to my local timber merchant and asked them to cut the wood into the right sized peices. I then took it all home and did the intricate stuff myself.

It is odd though, Home Cinema is really taking off but there isn't a single company that makes afordable cabinets to house:

- large Plasma / LCD screen
- a large centre speaker (must be in the middle and at a decent height, i.e. not down near the floor)
- a hefty AV amp
- Set top box
- DVD player
- other equipment e.g. DVD Recorder, HD player, Games console etc.

There's a design in my head that I think would sell like hot cakes on here.

mmmmmmm .. hot cakes ..