excellent stand – here some shelf clearance info, October 22, 2009

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M. Kluppel – See all my reviews

  

As most other people commented, this is an excellent stand, very sturdy, very classy looking. Easy assembly, maybe 30-40 minutes. Before I bought this, I could not find any info on the clearance of the shelfs; I have a high end receiver (Sony STR-DG720) that is about 6.25 inches high, and it wasn’t clear to me if that would fit in any of the shelves on this stand. So here is some info on shelf heights and clearance: on the bottom shelf, you can fit anything up to 5.25 inches in height, which is more than enough for DVD player, PS2, PS3, etc., but not a high end receiver. The shelf above has more clearance; units up to 6.5 inches high slide easily in from the front (or back), so my Sony Receiver fits in nicely. Since the glass above (which the TV stands on) is supported by “domed” metal beams, you actually have up to 8.5 inches of height, if you slide any unit onto that shelf from the sides. This is because the metal frames the whole unit stand on cover a little bit of the total height of the second shelf at the front and back, but not on the sides. I actually was almost able to put my center speaker bar on top of my tall receiver on this shelf when sliding it in from the side, there was just a tenth of an inch or so height missing to do that. But since there is so much horizontal space on both shelves anyway, that was not needed (one can easily fit three components side by side on each shelf). So in summary, there is more than enough height on the second shelf for tall electronic units like high end receivers. Hope this is helpful!

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Not too shabby, December 5, 2009

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J. Newman (San Diego) – See all my reviews

  

So here’s the scope:

pros:

-Awesome and sturdy stand. I have a 55inch Panasonic TV on it and it fits great.

-The shelves are tall enough to fit a PS3, XBOX360, and my ATT U-Verse boxes (laying down). The Wii fits but it has to go further back because it’s too tall to sit right up front, but still fits and I have no problems. Lol I like video games I guess.

-The design looks very modern and professional and makes your living room look very nice.

-Great price from Amazon and I got free shipping. Other sites had it way over what I paid. (If you just bought a 55inch LED TV, price really matters).

-Not too hard to set up took about an hour (more about that in the “cons”).

-Great height. When I sit on my couch (and they’re all different, but mine is pretty average) I can see the middle to the tv at eye level so it’s perfect.

Cons:

-Package and glass is HEAVY. I had to lug it back to my apatment from the main office (about 400m) and I was smoked. Weighs at least 100lbs. I stopped for several breaks and had several people stare at me lol.

-The WORST part was that the screw that holds back panel did not screw in no matter what I did. It wasn’t worth it to pack it all up to return it so I just got a hammer and slammed it in there, but it’s not very secure and I just don’t use it (don’t put cords through the back holes). Since it’s a open back, it’s just basically cosmetic, but it really bugs me. Make sure you keep the boxes during construction.

-Construction could be confusing to some, but it’s pretty straight forward if you’ve ever seen a screw driver before. The real con of it is it does take almost an hour set up. Have a friend help you because once it’s constructed, you’ll need someone else to help you move it in place (unless you’re the Hulk).

Hope that helps. I gave it the 4 stars instead of the 5 because the screw problem, but if you don’t have that, this is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Semper Fi.

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Great stand – only one tiny nit to pick WRT assembly, January 12, 2010

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Richard W. Zellich (Fenton, MO USA) – See all my reviews

  

This stand looks even better than it did in online images. Went together easily, and is very sturdy.

Box it came in weighed a _ton_ – poor delivery service guy brought it inside for my wife (I wasn’t there to help at the time). All the weight is in the three large pieces of tempered glass, with the metal frame being easily handled once assembled. For that matter, I can move the assembled stand by myself as long as I leave the top sheet of glass off.

The only problem I had was also noted by another reviewer – the hole for the sheet metal screw that holds the wire-hiding panel on the back is a hair too small for the screw, and the frame metal is too hard to drive the screw into without using a drill or file to open up the screw hole just a tiny bit. I used a drill bit the same size the hole already was, and just wiggled it about a bit to open the hole enough to easily drive the screw home. They give you a socket wrench for the frame assembly, but you need to supply your own correct-sized Phillips screwdriver.

Very good stand for the price. I just wish the mfgr spec’s would have included the between-shelves vertical spacing and the load-bearing capacity of each shelf (especially the top one – can I safely put my TV on it, or not?).

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