Stacking A/V units - ideas needed

Sep 13, 2016 8 Replies

We've just redecorated the lounge and I need to come up with a new way to mount the A/V units (amp, freeview, freesat, blu-ray) and to house (and hide) the associated junk (wifi link, ethernet switch, a couple of wallwarts, slave power widget and an extension lead). Previously I mounted some glass shelves between wooden end cheeks but I want something a bit more stylish now. Ideas so far include:



- re-using the glass shelves and turning-up some s/s or acrylic cylinders to act as spacers for a stack (but I can't come-up with a smart enough base)



- devise something to act as cantilever supports for each of the existing glass shelves and mount then to the wall individually



- make a bit of furniture (but I would prefer a minimalist look)



What have other people made or bought to solve the problem?



Heals is normally quite stylish, but I don't think much of their AV stuff.

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I have the same problem, but with 19" units and a record player. I need a walnut cabinet, also a problem.

Not quite what I had in my mind's eye and some of the prices are "interesting"

I bought a small Ikea Besta free-standing shelving unit, and put some glass shelves in it. It's really quite solid, available in a number of colours, and very good value.

Mine and all the wires are all concealed inside a custom built oak cabinet with a remote repeater located just under the TV. The only time I open the oak doors is to insert a DVD.

Mike

One thing I would do is to build a false 'wall' behind your entire unit. Which allows cable to be routed behind it. Decent ply is best as it will take near any load - like shelf brackets, etc. And if you have things like vinyl. the loads can be very high.

As regards spacers, I had some glass ones made up slightly smaller than the glass shelves so they 'float' between them. I'll post a link to some pics later.

Thanks, that looks good but I only need to support the A/V boxes so am homing-in on something more minimalist. Perhaps something DIY'd and based on this sort of thing

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with cable management, shelf edge lighting and an opaque black glass, open-backed, box for the wifi, enet switch and other bits'n'pieces.

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