Equipment Cabinet Design

**Prof.** · **04-09-09, 07:00 PM**

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Sonnie wrote:

I would suspect if I went the cabinet route that I would need to make sure the plane of the speaker is in front of the cabinet walls... which I could recess the side walls on each side a few inches to help there.

If the complete front of the speaker is out from the face of the cabinet, then you should be OK..Still not ideal but the best you can do for that situation..

**filtor1** · **04-15-09, 10:52 AM**

Gah, I ended up spending the rest of the fun money fund on a new fence. I had almost forgotten about that project. I will post up when I get ready to pursue this again.

GL Sonnie.

**Sonnie** · **05-18-09, 12:46 PM**

It ain't nothing fancy... but I did finally decide on a final design...

**hddummy** · **05-18-09, 05:15 PM**

sonnie, check out the equipment cabinet i built for my brother-in-law's theater room.

**Sonnie** · **05-18-09, 06:16 PM**

Nice job Matt...

My cabinet guy came by earlier today and stated he would probably make the top and bottom a little larger so it would not be so plain.

**salvasol** · **05-18-09, 06:22 PM**

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hddummy wrote:

sonnie, check out the equipment cabinet i built for my brother-in-law's theater room.

Nice job!!!

By the way.....I like those Stadiums

P.S.: If he doesn't like the look of the grills, he can use dye to change the color to black (I did it, see my avatar; those are a pair on each side).

**Prof.** · **05-18-09, 08:34 PM**

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hddummy wrote:

sonnie, check out the equipment cabinet i built for my brother-in-law's theater room.

Nifty idea with the lift up top..Gives access to the back of the equipment..

**hddummy** · **05-18-09, 10:29 PM**

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salvasol wrote:

P.S.: If he doesn't like the look of the grills, he can use dye to change the color to black (I did it, see my avatar; those are a pair on each side).

I like them too...they aren't high end by any means, but they sound good and really bring some visual weight to the front of the room. I never thought of dying them. Neat idea, but he has the whole black and silver thing going with the H&K anyway.

I tell you what...if you can't have an equipment closet with access to both sides...a cabinet like that is the next best thing. Wiring is SOOO easy. Not like my cabinet where I have to pull equipment out or try to turn it around....what a pain.

**Sonnie** · **05-19-09, 09:52 AM**

That is a very clean setup.

I like the baseboard type effect around the bottom of the cabinet as well. My cabinet guy is coming by this morning again to do a repair, so I will show him this pic.

**Sonnie** · **06-12-09, 08:19 PM**

I ended up telling the cabinet guy somewhat a design like I wanted and he ended up with this...

Overall, it works well and is simple enough. I added the velvet type top to eliminate any reflections and it works very well.

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