I have decided to go with what everyone calls "hardboard." The cabinet
itself is pine stained with a mild green. But its 18" deep and I think
thats back far enough that the hardboard wont really be seen. Plus the
stereo stuff will be in front of it.

I learn now that next time ill buy plywood from a respectable place and
get a quality face instead of pine.

The back of the box is about 6" from the wall, so its pretty tight.
Thats also why im going with hardboard. Easier to assemble I am betting.


Thanks for the advice.



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man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16

I designed and built a cabinet. The back was a rectangle within a
rectangle, for wires. I ran into a bit of a bummer. I had about $1000
worth of Monster cables plugged into the amp in the biggest slot, the
bottom, and my inner rectangle ended up being just enough to tilt the amp to
get to all the jacks. Would have gone differently if I had realizsed.



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bent wrote:
I designed and built a cabinet. The back was a rectangle within a
rectangle, for wires. I ran into a bit of a bummer. I had about $1000
worth of Monster cables plugged into the amp in the biggest slot, the
bottom, and my inner rectangle ended up being just enough to tilt the amp to
get to all the jacks. Would have gone differently if I had realizsed.


bent,

Do you have any pics of this? I've been working on designing a stereo
cabinet, too, and the problem you ran into is one I've been wondering about.

Thanks,

-jav

Javier writes:
bent wrote:
I designed and built a cabinet. The back was a rectangle within a
rectangle, for wires. I ran into a bit of a bummer. I had about $1000
worth of Monster cables plugged into the amp in the biggest slot, the
bottom, and my inner rectangle ended up being just enough to tilt the amp to
get to all the jacks. Would have gone differently if I had realizsed.


bent,

Do you have any pics of this? I've been working on designing a stereo
cabinet, too, and the problem you ran into is one I've been wondering about.

Thanks,

-jav


I ended up using something like
http://www.apcc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AR3100
for my Stereo Cabinet. Great ventilation and easy access to the rear of
the components. Smoked-glass lockable front door. Pretty much full, too.

scott

not from the front, and filled.

In highschool I worked at a shop that did a lot of melamine (or wahtever its
is calleed) covered pc, like at banks etc.
I set my dimensions and they charged me 500. It was black, 100.00% covered.
Top was a 29" Sony TV. Over top was a 1200 tape deck. The cab was 24"
deep, about 5' high, 28" wide I guess. It looked great beside a pair of
Altec Lansing black speakers! 2000, about 5' tall. Monoliths.

Anyway the back was only about 3" or 4" or 5" in from the sides. But the
amp, about 7" or 8" high, had cable jacks right to the bottom. Mirrors,
flashlights, shims, drag! Not to mention the fact that the gold Monster
interconnects were so tight they could, and did, literally pull the jacks
right off the back of the Japanese motherboard!

The bottom had a skirt to hide the rollers. You couldn't tell what was
going on there from the front. From th eback, if I had Used the skirt as
part of the rim it would have looked good, especially if designed to be the
same dimension. The top obvoiusly had no skirt.



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bent wrote:
I designed and built a cabinet. The back was a rectangle within a
rectangle, for wires. I ran into a bit of a bummer. I had about $1000
worth of Monster cables plugged into the amp in the biggest slot, the
bottom, and my inner rectangle ended up being just enough to tilt the amp to
get to all the jacks. Would have gone differently if I had realizsed.



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I can't quite picture your situation. I intend to have 1 hole in the
rear bottom area for air intake and some cables. Perhaps a rectangular
slit, wide horizontally. And another slit near the top for heat to
escape and wires to go through. When I hear 'Monster' though I just
shudder.

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"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16