I know you will al think I'm silly, but the whole system in placed in cabinets. I know what you are going to say, but my wife insisted not to see the speakers. Since marriage is all about compromise, I said yes to cabinets, but negociated the purchase of an Axiom system instead of a HT in a box. I figured an Axiom system at 95% of it's full capacity is still better than a HT in a box. I also designed the cabinets myself, red a lot about optimal speaker placement on this forum, and located the speakers at the best place I could.