Hey Rick,
I may have to build a new shelf unit. I have an old unit I built back in college out of oak. It is very sturdy, however all that is holding up the shelves are those gold colored shelf brackets like this:
They do fine with my Denon 2805, HTPC, CD player, and even my Emotiva Amp right now. However, once I add additional monblocks and 2-channel modules to the chassis it will get very heavy. Currently I'm at about 60lbs with only 2 mono's added. Total weight with 7 mono's is pushing 120lbs.
In regards to the wiring, I guess I was concerned about signal loss or quality loss by having more links in the chain. Right now I have bare wire connections from receiver to speakers.
I was thinking about some of those banana plugs that have a 45degree angle tothem, but I guess I should consider wall plates, and then just add enought cable to go from the wall plate to the amp or Denon.
Thanks for the help..