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That is great! I guess you must have left the perfect amount of space around the speaker!

You should hang on to that Sony until the part becomes cheap enough to fix, then put it with the Axiom system in your garage .

The Sony is still up for a decision, have not had time to deal with Sony reps lately. Trying to finish up the cables and racks, the Mits is up in place and seems like it was a good choice. Added a 19" widescreen to the HTPC system last night so a bit more time to finish up things. Once I have things done will post pics from start to finish, the cost of the rack/cabinet project and a review of items added and if I think it has been worth the time investment if there is enough interst in a posting.

I love your set up! Wish I had that kind of $$$
Sad to think that in ten years or so all that nice equipment will be old news and the new stuff will be the size of an i pod ! ( never know )

Silver look is realy bold I would have probably went Black but thats me the guy with $39.99 plastic AV rack.

I look forward to the finished pics.

Cheers

True the equipment could very well be outdated in ten years, but also I could die before then, and one advanatge to the componets all being silver, they show dust much less than black.

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one advanatge to the componets all being silver, they show dust much less than black.

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Now there is a feature that my wife would like. Mind you her preference is for no equipment to be exposed to gather and show dust . My plan is to have the equipment in a dedicated cabinet built into the wall. The return air for the room will go through a grille in the cabinet (thus making the cabinet as part of the return air duct) which will then be tied into the plenum. The grille will have a filter in it to reduce and hopefully prevent dust from getting into the entertainment cabinet.

This gives me the return air I need from the Media Room as well as providing more than adequate air circulation/ heat removal for the equipment. The ductwork will be lined to reduce soud transmission.

I've never set up anything this elaborate but routing the cold air return thru your equipment rack doesn't sound like the best way to get air circulating in there. Given how often I have to change the filters in my house, I think a ton of dust would get thru and settle on the gear.

Does you equipment rack open up into a space behind? Maybe just a couple small muffin fans strategically placed would be all you need. I'm amazed at how cool my Pioneer A/V runs. The only thing that gets appreciably hot is the DirecTV receiver so I have it on a shelf by itself.

-Brian

I would also suggest not using a return air duct for cooling of the equipment.

Stay away from using the return air as a method of cooling your equipment. Dust would be the #1 problem and some of the others could be condensation on equipment or if enough heat is pulled into the return you could cause your heating equipment to cut out on high limit.

If your equipment is in a small closet like room I would suggest you use wall grills 1 high and 1 low. This would allow the hot air to escape from the top and let cooler air into the bottom. Its a natural effect that should work.

Have to agree with everyone here. As long as your gear has good spacing, you don't need to worry about ventilation.

The rack systems I used were designed to be installed insdie of a cabinet, I added the thermostatic fan control and two 4.5" fans.
The controller temp is set at 85 degrees and each of the rack fans have a rating of 57 cfm. This has worked out rather well at this point, the fans only are needed when the amps are working more becasue of the volume level, or if the HTPC is being used. When the fans are needed I have yet to see them at more than about half speed, they are ulta quiet so you can not hear them at all.