Big and Sturdy, Beautiful, August 20, 2010

It took a long time to get this item when I selected free shipping — about 2.5 weeks. But it did arrive before the specified arrival date. This is the largest, tallest free-standing TV mount I could find anywhere, with at least nine inches between the two glass shelves. That distance is important for across-the-top air flow if you need fans to cool your components. It does create a commanding presence in the room.

When you get the box on your porch, you will be in for a treat! But, do some preparation first. It can be assembled by one person. Haul it into the house. Now, go get the vaccuum cleaner! Don’t even open the box without it at hand. The styrofoam will float. A thousand tiny grains everywhere, so vaccuum everything off as you pull it out. Else, you will find styrofoam bits forever. Initially, the directions are basically simple and extra connectors are provided so you absolutely will be putting this thing together. Every piece is numbered in sequence of assembly so you can’t lose anything. If you are vaccuming, you will avoid cleaning up later. Once you have the parts out and identified decide to put the cabinent together in one process because you have to glue it all together, as well as screw it together. Its takes about 2 hours if you are being careful. Make sure you glue carefully and place the connectors precisely and the bottom cabinent construction will be tight and virtually unbreakable. There was one mis-aligned hole punched in the metal brackets for connection of the bottom of the cabinent to the frame, but this was not a problem because three out of four was quite tight enough. Putting the drawer together is important — do it carefully — the first time I tried to push it in I thought I had reversed the sides. But it needed a bit of force and works fine.

I put a 54 inch 85 lb TV on this stand with a 65 lb receiver on the bottom shelf and a mostly self-supported 105 lb amplifier on the other side of the bottom shelf… I think there may be between 70-90 lbs altogether on the bottom shelf. I didn’t want to test it past that! I was already exceptionally pleased that it was so sturdy. Don’t overload the glass shelves. I have the center channel on top (10 lbs) and the BDP and cable box on the second. The wire guides are in helpful positions and I did use one for the seven-channel analogue crossover cables to the amp. The others are for power cords, HDMI cables, and speaker cables. It does work, and it is very functional.

If there is a better mount for an audiophile set-up, I can’t find it. Careful assembly is the key. Enjoy!

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Awesome, July 20, 2010

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J. stephenson (LA, CA, USA) – See all my reviews

  

The stand arrived ahead of schedule. The 133 lbs is no joke, this thing is heavy. I appreciate the weight though; that means stability. No wobbles, no shakes. This thing is rock solid quality. It took me a little longer than the other reviewers to assemble it, only because I had to stop and vacuum all the little styrofoam pellets. Best advice, have your vacuum cleaner nearby before you even open the package. The package took a beating during shipping and almost all of the styrofoam was crumbled.

I don’t think the pictures here do this thing justice. I was awestruck by its beauty as I was assembling it, and got very excited as it started to look like a TV stand. I still stop and stare at it as I pass through the room.

For supporting a 52″ Samsung, this does the job extremely well. I chose the second from the highest mounting point for a 52″ LCD TV, hope that helps.

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Solid Stand. Just buy it already., December 9, 2010

Like everyone else here (so far) I don’t have anything bad to say about this stand. It’s solid and it looks great with my Samsung 55″ LED HDTV on it (this one, actually: Samsung UN55C8000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV). Here’s some comments based on my experience:

- I put the stand together by myself. I took lots of breaks so it took me several leisurely hours. The only thing I got help with was the final step of lifting the TV itself up onto the stand. I doubt that many people could do this part all alone, and I wouldn’t recommend it!

- The #1 most important thing to get right during assembly is to understand where the wooden dowels go. Pay attention to the pre-assembly picture, which shows that dowels get “…inserted in the hole NEXT to the Cam Lock/Cam Screw Hole.” If you don’t get this right you’ll probably be angry with yourself later as things won’t line up right.

- I didn’t end up with any extra parts except for the parts that connect to the TV itself. This stand comes with several different mounting screws and spacers to handle different kinds of TVs. But when it came to the parts for the stand itself, there were exactly the number of parts required.

- Most of your time is spent putting together the bottom shelf/drawer. The rest is metal, glass & bolts and those go together pretty fast.

- There’s 40 wooden dowels, and each one wants glue on each end. That’s 80 applications of glue from the tube, so keep that in mind when you’re putting the glue on. Don’t scrimp too much, but don’t go crazy either or you’ll run out.

Actually I do have one complaint. I don’t like the feet. Seem a bit tiny to me, and you’ll never push this thing around on a carpet. I’d prefer something that was a little bigger and smoother. But perhaps others will disagree.

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