Audio Video Equipment Racks - Part 3

Within this budget limit, there is a vast range of products to choose from. In particular, we like the Salamander Synergy range of home theater furniture.

These media cabinets come finished with genuine hardwood panels and extruded aluminum posts for an overall aesthetic finish that would surely suit the rest of your home theater room decor.

A case in point is their Synergy 402 A/V Media Cabinet.  The 402 incorporates an innovative design that provides complete flexibility and that can serve as the basis for an expanded system. It comes with five fully adjustable shelves, and includes a removable rear panel designed in such a manner to allow cables to pass over and underneath it.

Synergy 402 A/V Media Cabinet

Synergy 236

Another stylish design in the Salamander range is the Synergy 236 A/V Cabinet w/two Doors & Media Drawer. This Lowboy unit provides plenty of space for audio/video system components, and at over 65-inch wide, it can hold plasma, LCDs and rear projection TVs that are as wide as 60-inch.

The Synergy 236 media cabinet comes with fully adjustable black shelves and perforated steel door panels. These perforated door panels allow for ventilation, and for remote control signals to pass through. Like the previous model, the Synergy 236 also comes with a removable black rear panel that allows cables to pass both over and underneath it.

Available in various wood and metal finishes, including the choice of castor wheels or polished aluminum feet for that extra elegant touch, these racks should prove easy to integrate with the rest of your home theater room furniture.

The range of HoloVision pull-out/swivel AV racks pulls out 20-inches to enable you to rotate the whole shelving assembly a full 180 degrees - thus giving you full access to the rear of your AV gear.

The Rak Master 58-inch high Pull-Out/Swivel rack featured here, includes five by 3/4 inch MDF fully ventilated shelves that resides in slotted rails for ease of adjustment of shelf height.

Though it falls within the compact category in that it only requires a floor area of 22-inch (depth) by 19.25-inch (width) clearance for complete pull-out, yet it has a rated load bearing capacity of 385 pounds.

The rolling version (shown on the right) is designed to be placed direct on the floor using castor wheels; it does not feature the rotating base of the pull-out version.

On the other hand, the Lowboy rack features the same pull-out / swivel base as the full pull-out version, but comes without shelves. Instead, system components will have to be stacked one upon the other. This is because it is designed for those spaces where traditional equipment racks will not fit, such as in offices, main bedrooms, etc.

To view the full range of HoloVision Rak Master products available at amazon, please click here.

42" Rolling AV Component Racks 

At the lower end of the budget spectrum (circa up to approximately $400), one would normally get basic open equipment stands with no frills. However, with some careful search, you can still end with a good stylish stand that is suitable for your needs.

Among the best in this category, one finds the Sanus range of A/V Equipment Stands. Top-selling products within this range of A/V furniture include the NF206 A/V stand (shown on the right); this comes with tempered-glass shelves.

There is also the Sanus Systems AFA Accurate Furniture audio stand (shown on the left). This is a heavy-duty 4-shelf stand featuring either satin black or maple finished wooden shelves, and chrome tubular pillars.

Sanus Systems NF206 A/V Stand (Black)

An extremely elegant design within this range is the Sanus Systems NF213 Natural Furniture TV Stand. Constructed of grade A solid cherry with a warm, medium cherry finish, this stylish stand has a rated load bearing capacity of 350 pounds.

Its three tempered-glass shelves have polished, rounded edges and are a full quarter-inch thick, while the slightly larger top-shelf is angled at the back to accommodate both wall or corner placement.

Some may not classify this range of Sanus A/V furniture as a true rack system 'per se', in that it lacks some of the features found on the more advanced - and more expensive - standard equipment racks.

At the same time, this range of audio video equipment stands still incorporates several interesting features. Among these, there is a patent-pending wire-management system that safely conceals your audio-video wiring; additionally, the open rack design allows both for ample airflow around your audio and video gear, and makes access to equipment, straightforward.

What's more, this range of Sanus audio video equipment racks does provide a stylish and a solid functional solution to stack your gear on a budge!

Note: Besides these open rack designs, Sanus also produces a comprehensive range of closed 'lowboy style' AV cabinet units. To view the full range of Sanus A/V equipment racks at amazon, please click here.