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Old 09-17-2013, 05:26 PM   #1
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Home theater system

Time to replace the original Sony system....I'm searching for something that will slide into the poorly designed cabinet next to the TV. Don't know why an engineer would design a cabinet with a max size between the stiles of 16", when most equipment I can find is 17"+. You can't remove the equipment without tilting it, and you can't cable it once it's in place....plain stupidity. You can't move the stile between the TV space and the Stereo space without resizing the cabinet door....something I'd rather not do. I want to build a shelf on drawer slides so you can slide it out to see behind it and cable it. The existing receiver and DVD is just shy of 17" wide, I would need something less than 16" to be able to use drawer slides. I can find a 12" CD/DVD, but I'm having trouble finding a receiver to fit.

Anyone find a replacement that will fit ?

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Old 09-17-2013, 06:36 PM   #2
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This may not be of any help, but when I used my "Google-Fu" skills on this topic, I came up with a audio forum where someone had a similar problem. He was advised to look at a "Home Theater in a Box" to find something. The only problem is that gives one speakers and other equipment besides the receiver.

Here is one from Best Buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+5.1...&CJPID=6146852

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Old 09-17-2013, 08:38 PM   #3
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Thanks...that is certainly an option, it gets good reviews too.

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Old 09-18-2013, 09:46 AM   #4
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Our son has a sound bar that he uses in his family room. It puts out great sound. I like the idea of something outside a cabinet rather than inside taking up valuable space. His woofer is wired, because it's a few years old, But they also have wireless versions.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpa...less+subwoofer

As for upgrading the DVD to a BluRay player, drill a hole from the small cabinet on the left to the middle cabinet and move it over. David did this to add the DirecTV HD DVR and a new BlueRay sits on top of it. He then drilled a hole down to allow the HDMI cables to drop down and attach to the TV. We never even open up the left cabinet anymore.

I also found an expandable wire shelf at BB&By that sits on top of the stack and gives us better storage across the whole cabinet. There are many options for shelves @Amazon.

I think in the new 2014's, the huge Sony receiver has been put into the middle cabinet. At least, that's where I've seen them when we toured a couple.
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Old 09-18-2013, 02:51 PM   #5
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"drill a hole from the small cabinet on the left to the middle cabinet"...

I only have 1 - 16" opening (18" inside) equipment cabinet to the left of the TV space, and since I've upgraded TV's, I'm taking up that entire space...so that just leaves the 1 cabinet for me to work with.

The trouble I see with a sound bar is...where to put it....most are 3'-4' wide.

In our case, the desktop is home to my wife's 2 monitors and her keyboard she uses for work, no room there.

Thanks for the suggestions

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Old 09-19-2013, 09:56 AM   #6
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Put the sound bar above the tv. Use the trim area above the tv nook.
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Old 09-19-2013, 05:49 PM   #7
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"Put the sound bar above the tv. Use the trim area above the tv nook"....

Wish I could, no room for that in my rig. The opening is 28" high by 37" wide , the TV is 26.5 hx36w...above that is the dentil moulding on the slide. As it is, I have to shoehorn the TV into the nook.

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