basically copied the £800 arca cabinet, they very kindly put the diagrams on their website, and got someone local to give me a quote using reclaimed material for a more worn in look.
just been given the quote, £300. chuffed to bits, was expecting it to be at least the same as arca charge, if not a lttle more.
I am then putting an infared eye into the front of it costing £99 but it has 6 sensors so it will controll all my kit, and it is very tidy looking.
so maybe it is worth ringing round locally, seems cheaper to get one made to your exact spec. than buy dedicated.
As far as going for a powerbuy the price i got for £299 was through a friend. he gets the furniture made up for that price then adds his margin like any other retailer.
However I have spoke to him and as a favour he says that he will sell a few more at this price.
my cabinet should be done in 2 weeks, as soon as i have it finished i will post some pics. should be almost identical to the arca above.
as i said before the reason for having it custom built was that i prefered reclaimed wood. but if there is enough interest then the £300 price could be reached easily.
The doors can be made with frosted glass, acoustic cloth or in the wood.
Anyway as soon as i have my unit i will post the pics.
Mike the cabinet is made and ready for collection, but, I have put off collecting it because my room isn't completed yet and it will just be in the way at the moment.
May collect it this weekend though as i guess it is in their way too.
As soon as it is collected i will post some hi res pics so you can see the thing properly.
A bit late on the post but FYI I looked around for a peice of non-av furniture that fitted into the decor of the room and took a jigsaw to its ass!!!!
Basically I found a wine cabinet that housed about 20 odd bottles of wine on the bottom and wine glasses on the top. The unit cost me about £200. Got it home, got out the jigsaw, cut of the back panel for cables and removed the wine holders from the bottom. I then put in a remote eye as discussed above.
Any pics of your custom build yet ? I'd would also be interested in your 'friend's supply as I've been looking for sometime for a custom builder of wood av furniture. I'd got a quote from a guy in South Africa (£800 incl shipping) for something similar to what you've had built. Sounds like your friend could make a killing here.
Stace. Very nice. Extremely similar decor to me and mine so interesting to see your solution. We've looked at similar cabinets from John Lewis but they were a bit too Morocan'y. Where did you get your original unit ?