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Old 27-01-2009, 11:38 AM   #1
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AV cabinet required

I am looking for an AV cabinet with the following features:

- around 1 metre tall
- 5-6 shelves
- big enough to fit the biggest piece of equipment (Yama 3800) Height 171mm,Width 435mm, Depth: 439mm
- lockable door at the front (child-proof!!)

I have searched hard on the web but see nothing that fits. The nearest thing I have come across is the QK from quadraspire but the Yamaha wont fit and its only 760mm tall.

Can anyone help?

If I cant find one off the shelf, can anyone give me guidance on how much something like this would cost to have custom-made (probably in oak if I could choose) and which companies are good at this sort of stuff.

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Old 27-01-2009, 11:47 AM   #2
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Re: AV cabinet required

I had a similar problem with having a Yammy amp and a similar sized HTPC case. I ended up buying a self assembly unit and just leaving one of the shelves out.
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Old 27-01-2009, 11:50 AM   #3
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Re: AV cabinet required

abbadonuk - where did you buy it from in the end? also, did you have any cable management at the back?
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Old 27-01-2009, 11:54 AM   #4
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Re: AV cabinet required

/me looks around in a shifty fashion, then mumbles "Argos" hoping nobody will notice.
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Old 27-01-2009, 11:58 AM   #5
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Re: AV cabinet required

To clarify, my problems where with the height of things I wanted to put into the AV unit.

The Yammy amp would fit into some of them but I have a large HTPC enclosure as I didn't want to have to stream media so bought one that would handle 6 HDDs.

Anyway I bought a 4 shelf unit and simply left out the second shelf giving me a double height bottom shelf.
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Old 27-01-2009, 12:02 PM   #6
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Re: AV cabinet required

BTW, Where in the world are you?
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Old 27-01-2009, 1:13 PM   #7
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i live in harpenden, hertfordshire
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Old 27-01-2009, 1:38 PM   #8
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Re: AV cabinet required

[FONT=Verdana]Ahh OK, bit far away. There are a couple of places around here "Birmingham" that build furniture to order at not to ridiculous prices. Unfortunately although I have been into their shops I do not have the company names or phone numbers. If you have no luck finding something off the shelf, PM me and I will grab a phone number next time I am passing.[/FONT]
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Old 27-01-2009, 6:05 PM   #9
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Re: AV cabinet required

We make bespoke AV cabinets
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