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Greetings,
Shopping for a cabinet for my audio toys and my interest is in a credenza. Tired of seeing all the wires and dust with the open shelve look so inside goes the equipment. Preamp, TT and Dac(TBD) will reside atop the credenza.
One choice has thin glass doors and the other wood doors.
Suggestions please.
-w
Late to answer here, but I use a completely enclosed vintage 'hi-fi furniture' console. For my remote controls, I use a WiFi based IF blaster in the cabinet, using my iPad to control. Easy, efficient, and only speaker cables are in sight.
Back for a bit again. Ignore me if you like.
I know you're set on an enclosed unit, but these VTI shelves are incredibly smart and superior.
Have one set for audio upstairs and another for HT in family room. Should have gotten same finish since I later used part of the latter for upstairs. :)
Absorbers in the corner and artful diffusers on the wall!Well done. What an improvement that makes. I did similar in my audio room.
The DIY tube traps are almost twenty years old. There are four smaller ones located in room rear. The improved bass linearity was both audible and measureable.
Big dipoles benefit from diffusion. Fake plants supplement the skylines and studio panels.
Oh absolutely! About 20yrs ago, I used Acoustics First absorbing panels, deflector panels and corner traps spread around all four walls. IIRC, live end, dead end.
I've not had a need for upgrade-itis since.
When the furniture arrives and all is functioning, I'll post pics. For now, it's a real shit hole. lol
Beautiful room btw.
Only one chair?
Seating for three - two person love seat and chair. Once had massive couch but that is long gone. :)
Good luck with the new furniture. I'd like to see the results.
Those VTI shelves are 'superior' to what?
If you prefer their aesthetic maybe so. Otherwise maybe not.
This is not recommended for areas prone to frequent earthquakes. Or children might run into, lean on, or sit on it.
It does have a "clean, modern, techno" look. That's fine for your home, and congrats for your setup.
But, for me, it's way too "sterile", and I wouldn't want that setup. Sorry - not for me.
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We are inclusive and diverse, but dissent will not be tolerated.
I've looked at those. Yes it's as you describe. I've had a similar setup.
I just need a different look/functionality.
Thanks
-W
In the Bad Old Days of Renaissance Italy (e.g., Borgias & Co.), a "Credenza" was a sideboard where the Food Tasters (the poor batards) would taste the food that was about to be put before the Worthies, in an effort to screen for poisons.
The credenza was where the "Credence" or trust or belief that the food was safe, was established.
A "Credenza" is a support where the Audio Reviewers (the poor bastards) would test the equipment that was about to be put before the Audio Worthies, in an effort to screen for equipment not worthy of Audiophile status.or something like that.
Added Happy Dance for E-Stat
Thanks!
Edits: 05/26/25
Full disclosure, I grew up in Britain and if Credenzas exist there they are called something else.
I edited my post to include a "Happy Dance" just for you and any others who lack a sense of humor.
being the high school class clown regarding *everything* audiophile related.
I'd rather be the class clown than the class frown.
Edits: 05/26/25
the first dozen times or so.
Literally hundreds of times later, they are no longer funny.
Like good comedians, you need new content!
that I want to hide my theater equipment behind the television and have a mechanical up/down mechanism. All I need is volume control actually and I believe Comcast remote actually uses RF, so my next integrated theater setup needs RF remote, but is that common, idk?
Yes, comcast's remote is RF and it travels through sliding glass doors.
IDK, if aftermarket remotes afford the luxury of RF?
You've got high WAF!!!
Thank you.
Opinions are welcome.
I know I'll miss the LEDs: of the TT speed controller, preamp PS, comcast time etc; well, you know the drill
I've got two choices:
They often have beautiful Danish style credenzas with sliding doors. Very classy and well made, but brown not white.
The magical 17 1/4 inch wide sized audio component shelf is not as available as one might assume when looking into vintage furniture.
...-in perfect shape. Only problem it was $1500. Still, better than Chinese stuff. I am in Sacramento.
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Very nice. Who is the manufacturer?
Pedestals w/o glass - Bernhardt model 350880 Antibes entertainment credenza.
https://www.bernhardt.com/shop/350880?position=-1
Four doors with glass inserts - Universal Furniture escape coastal living 833996 also available with wood panel doors.
https://www.universalfurniture.com/item/entertainment-console
Nt
Based on personal experience these cabinets are nice but can also be inconvenient - depending on your A/V lifestyle. Routing cables behind each piece of gear and behind the cabinet can be a royal PITA so I wouldn't want to do it very often.
If you're the type who enjoys experimenting with different gear or rearranging various pieces now and then you'll absolutely HATE those cabinets as I do. If you're more of a set and forget type they can be nice.
If you mount the TV on a wall and have cables running down inside the wall and exiting near the floor you can use a small rack with equipment in it to hide the cable bundle. I additionally have a small Comcast CableTV box (not the older type with time display) hidden behind the AV rack. The rack is small and my setup is simplified to minimize clutter.
BTW, the Comcast remote is both IR and RF. RF controls the Comcast box so it doesn't have to be 'line of sight'. IR controls Input Select and Volume Up/Down on your TV. Good luck.
My typical setup with 75" TV on the wall + small Salamander S20 Rack w/o optional sides and door.
I say "typical setup" because I will sometimes have a different DAC or two in the Rack or swap the tube amp out for a turntable.
The Rack is on furniture sliders so it takes no effort at all to pull it away from the wall giving me easy access to the back. No
worries... they're audiophile approved furniture sliders. ;-)
P.S. Keep ventilation in mind.
Well said. I'm ditching the very old Standesign 5 metal rack which has five fixed shelves, all open but rather dated and rings badly.
I'll have the TT, Pre, Dac on top of the cabinet so all cabling is exposed but hanging off the back. All other ancillary gear on the shelves including that which has a remote.
Now that the development work is nearly complete, I have the desire to tidy up the room. lol courtesy NC
You've always shown us a very clean layout Abe.
Thank you Abe
-W
My doors are a dark tinted glass with hinges and a magnet latch. The center sector doesn't have the glass doors.
Using the remotes is no problem. Any glass company can make them for you.
-Rod
Hey Rod,
That's SOOOoooooo clean looking. Seeing the 'toys' is an added benefit.
It's a balance between clean optics and hiding the toys altogether.
Did you have the doors custom made?
thank you,
-W
> > > Did you have the doors custom made?
It was completely custom. The shelves pull out far enough to connect cables and use heavy duty hardware. The bays are open completely in the back about 2" for cables behind the gear as well as cut outs on the back on the top and bottom which makes it fairly easy to make changes.
-Rod
Wow, all points were well thought out Rod. It's gorgeous!
Thank you
-W
Thanks. If you find a cabinet maker, you may find that a custom piece is less than you might think. When I was looking for cabinets, I found that the width is either not big enough or was quite tight for 19" wide equipment. Likewise, the heights can vary.
Good luck on your quest.
-Rod
going through canvas. Oppo remote works fine!
Hiding cables was a designed into family room remodeling project. Power and signal to speakers located on floor. Cables from TV and processor on floating shelf run through chase behind wall to closet.
A question worthy of thought.
Beautiful work. Do you keep the canvas door open/closed and do you miss gazing upon the toys?
Might you know if the Oppo's remote is RF or IR?
thank you,
-W
Beautiful work. Do you keep the canvas door open/closed and do you miss gazing upon the toys?
Thank you! Shut unless we need to access something. The toys were meant to be hidden just like the cabling. I use Emotiva "Virtual Copper" boxes for signal to the subs.
Ideally, all we'd see is the wall mounted screen but processor and Roku is visible on floating shelf. Need to update pic in gallery since we no longer have large cable box.
Pretty sure Oppo 105 uses IR remote.
These are dated photos, but the cabinets are still in use.
I have two large cabinets that hold equipment inside and out. The cable mess (a real mess) is mostly behind the cabinets.
One suggestion....consider a cabinet that has sliding doors. The piece with the drawers in the middle has sliding doors. The drawers come in handy, but are also wasted space, perhaps.
The teak piece with the three swinging doors has served me well for 40+ years, but I don't care for the swinging doors. A pain in the ass with equipment staged in front of the cabinet. The black stands on each end are long gone. Too much clutter.
Your interest may vary but the results will be same. (Byrd 2020)
I can't compete with the dead. (Buck W. 2010)
Cowards can't be heroes. (Byrd 2017)
Why don't catfish have kittens? (Moe Howard 1937)
Packed with toys and neatly laid out.
Love the Mac and Marantz vintage gear.
Martin Logan speakers?
Thank you
-W
No, you're right. ML's in the second picture.
Acoustats in the first pic and ML's in the second.
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