AS some of you know, I (had) this real narrow room, with the 50" Sammy in the corner, and the M-60s side by side on the firepleace, Anyhow, this is fiance's light oak wall unit. She insisted on keeping it, and now I am glad she did. The center portion was removed as it was part of the 2 sides, but would only hold a 35" T.V. We put that in the other room. Them I built oak extensions, a bridge if you will. with (4) 48" sheves and rounded/routed trim. The match is about perfect in color. The Sammy is 46.5 wide, so is looks real tight but still brethes a little. The 150 c.c. was mounted on an Axoiom FMB from the bottom of the top shelf. It "floats" that way. Looks uncongested, and I can angle it any way I please. solid back panel in the 150 c.c. area to sure everything up, and clean up the "hollow" look. The whole center sits 18" off the back wall. Anyhow, just wanted to send an update, broke out the wood tools for the first time in forever. Made a few mistakes, but it came together well. Stain will lighten a bit. Bottom open area (where the wires are, will have a black acosttical framed access door for getting at things.

Very nice JoninFlorida, I love those M60's, and the VP150 floating in space, to cool, don't you just love the mansfield beaches I love mine....

happy new year man..

One more, I just realized the 2 ends are lightes, the new center is not, oh well there's 5 more bucks!!

Excellent jon. I'm glad I took a break from the New Year's party BS to be treated to an excellent pic of your system. Well done!

Happy New Year guy's and gals!

Very Nice Jon! It looks like it was MADE for the Sammy. Just be sure the fan on the back of the Sammy has a couple of inches to breathe.

If you're happy with the sound of the 150 as it is, by all means leave it alone. However, if you feel something doesn't sound quite right, you might try mounting the 150 in the same space, but just a bit further forward, so the front edge of the 150 is sticking out of the enclosure by an inch or two. This would help minimize any reflections from the entertainment center itself. Should you do this, you also might pull the 60s out into the room a like amount, for the same reason.

Again, if everything sounds fine to you, feel free to completely disregard my ravings. Everybody else does.

I'm NOT a competent wood worker and much admire anyone who is. It really does look GOOD! Bravo!

Thanks Jack, the Sammy is 14" deep, I have it about 4" off the back wall, as that light can create some heat. The 60s are about 8" off the wall, with some salesmanship, mayle she will let me bring em a few more. The 150 flush from an "eyeball" side view with the front of the center (again I have to please someone else also) but has about alot of clearence space from top and bottom, and is angled, can'e see how even the most extremt cone projection would bring resosonse. Happy with sound, so far, except my damm 7.1 delima, but I have not "micro-managed" it yet. Everything is movable. Thanks, I just cracked my first cold one, several to go. Happy 2005 to all the great people here.

The entertainment center ruined the look of your system. No offend, just my personal preference.

My pet peeve is people posting photos that are too large and have inadequate compression. Other than that; Happy New Year.

Nice rig Jon - and those offering personal preferences that lean a different way may have missed the earlier comment - "the fiance wanted to keep the unit". I believe we covered the NSAS factor in another thread .

After years of tantric electo-shock therapy, I finally realized that once I married, I had no preferences. Fortunately, my wife has been able to provide consistent support over the years with explaining what my judgment is and providing me with my opinion. I will ask her how much I like your entertainment center.

Moving on, let's discuss lighting. I recently picked up an Ideal-Lume backlight from Cinema Quest Inc based on some things I read and Jack's input. Has turned out to be a very nice solution for turning out the lights and having an ambient light background. Have you considered one of these, mounted on the back of the HT Center? Scads easier than trying to light the center section and the 6500K bulb is much less intrusive than normal incandescent light bulbs.

Ray, I find comfort in knowing that there are others like me who have found the key to a long-lasting marriage.

I appreciate the nod, Fog. There aren't many of us who have broken the code. Kind of a "Matrix" thing with a marriage twist. I've also boiled my responses to my wife down to two, and only two, to anything she says:

1) OK
2) You're right, I'm sorry

Completely eliminates heartache and adrenaline spikes.

>>I finally realized that once I married, I had no preferences. Fortunately, my wife has been able to provide consistent support over the years with explaining what my judgment is and providing me with my opinion. I will ask her how much I like your entertainment center.



It's not that bad, really. We're all on this board because we exercised our judgement on speakers (right ? hands up everyone who can honestly say their partners forced Axioms on them).

The secret IMO is (a) finding someone whom you agree with in the areas you both feel to be important, (b) dividing all other topics into "you care" and "they care" buckets wherever possible, (c) discussing in the remaining areas of overlap with extreme delicacy, respect and bribery.

You pick the speakers. They pick the entertainment center AND the finish of the speakers. You negotiate VERY carefully on the size and placement, bribing with foot rubs whenever negotiations break down. Everyone happy.

bridgman, you're getting into the higher level (graduate school) marriage coursework. But you are right about the speakers. Several of my colleagues who seem to wear the pants in the house moreso than I do have had to get all their speakers in the wall or ceiling and have paid a lot more money than I did for a system that doesn't sound as good as mine. It's all about which battles you choose to fight.

Correct, (pick your battles) that's why regardless of woodgrain, and cabinets, my speakers have NOT been influenced by my significant other. Janis counted, YES actully counted the drivers, with complaints in mind. 29 total, 27 Axiom, and 2 SVS black water heaters. So if she wants an oak cabinet in "her" favorite room, fine, I'll just LISTEN to it all. Happy new year guys.