Bush Furniture Midnight Mist Media Stand in Black

This simplistic, clean design is a work of art - an example of form & function at its best. Extremely well built, no cheap or cheesy parts, fit & finish on the 2 units I purchased & assembled were as close to perfect as possible, considering mass production & relatively low price point for this level of quality & sheer mass, a solid strong build with a subdued muscular look/feel. The matte black rectangular steel outer frame paired with the matte finish silver round/tubular inner frame and gray smoke glass combine to quietly match any style audio/video equipment (most are either black or silver, brushed, matte or gloss) these racks compliment the equipment. The glass is thick and strong supported by this steel frame with heavy duty clear rubber/silicone like material supporting the glass to prevent scratching and more importantly to absorb vibration & prevent any kind of glass movement once set in place. The hardware is high quality, bolts /threads line up correctly, all holes are correctly drilled (plumb and square - so many other kits are not!!!) Assembly is quick/easy assuming you have some common sense experience using basic hand tools. I was concerned that the units would not be strong enough for my high end AVR & multi-channel amplifiers or stable enough for my Analog stereo old school Tube preamp/amp & Record Turntable (that requires a heavily damped vibration free surface) - I bought a pair of these racks - one for the AVR/Surround sound system for Movies (Blu-Ray/DVD, VHS, Laser Disc, Cable Box, Heavy 7 channel amp, etc..) and the other for 2 channel Analog Music sound reproduction (Tape decks, Turntable, DVD-Audio/HDCD/CD Transport & DAC, Vacuum Tube Amps/preamps/tuner/phono preamp, Graphic Equalizers etc..) - These racks are strong enough to support the extreme weight & rack parts/materials used are not affected by the extreme HEAT generated by the vacuum Tube systems, open air rack shelf design allows for the best heat dispersion/air flow & because of the rack's overall mass & low center of gravity, these are the most stable/vibration damping racks I have ever owned/used/seen, even those I have worked on located in professional recording studios, weren't built this well. This combined with a fantastic price & free shipping (when I bought them it was free) for items weighing this much - also fast delivery, you can't go wrong. After almost 3 years and no trouble other than removing dust (Good thing the metal parts do NOT show fingerprints due to textured finish, but the glass does collect dust like any other rack shelf surface material). Cable management system is minimal but functional and easily customized to suit your needs, there is plenty of room in a very wide, but shallow 3 sided box that runs the length top to bottom of the rack (approx 10" wide, 2" deep, Length of rack top to bottom) with large oval cut-outs in the rear of each shelf, holes have machined rounded edges so no sharp metal to cut through cable insulation & no need for messy unreliable grommets - plenty of hidden room to hide the cable and separate the high voltage Line cords from the sensitive low voltage A/V input/output cables into separate bundles. Since the back of the cable hide is wide open, it is easily accessible & new cables can be added or removed without taking anything apart. The 5 shelves are evenly spaced with plenty of H/W/D to accommodate all of my equipment with larger devices (Reel to Reel Tape, Turntables) on the top Shelves. Shelves ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE - Because the tubular steel framework that supports each shelf is welded - I rather have a strong welded frame, than weak adjustable potential points of failure on an otherwise indestructible rack system. The all Steel inner silver tubular shelf support system and outer black rectangular frame combined are a heavyweight, heavy duty system that is extremely strong, rigid and stable. Because of the size and weight, 2 adults are needed to move the empty fully assembled racks into position, IOW, these racks, even without any equipment on the shelves, is so heavy/stable that you can't move them (they don't slide on floor because of silicone feet, weight, stability) without some help lifting all 4 legs off the floor simultaneously & placing the rack where you want it. There is no way these would ever tip over, they are so correctly balanced that it would take a huge force just to push it enough to tilt it on 2 of 4 legs. I cannot think of anything negative to say nor can I think of any improvements that I would have made to these racks - I may add some RGB LEDs to the back edge of the Glass Shelves to test whether I can get the edges to light up from the front to add some color/focus on the racks - all angles are accessible so mounting LEDs are simple, if desired.Love these units and would highly recommend..

This beast is 91LBS and is not something that I am concerned about falling over. I spent a loooong time debating on the benefits of having one of these towers versus using the TV stand that I currently have in the living room. Everything came to a head one day after I had upgraded my speakers and my Receiver went into power protect mode because it didn't have enough room to breathe when it was in my TV stand. I don't have much to compare it to outside of the $800+ range (my father has a really nice AV tower), but I will definitely say that I am pleased with how this product functions and it is well worth the investment if you're like me and need to get something under $300 to save yourself the headache of purchasing a new receiver.Some notes on the various aspects of this AV Tower:The description states that the shelving is: Distances between shelves: top shelf=7 3/4"; two center shelves=9 1/4"; and bottom shelf=8 7/8"This is incorrect. I took a measuring tape to my AV tower and found that each shelf has 9.5" between them.Putting it together: I cannot personally say how difficult this is to do. It's HEAVY, but my 110 LBS girlfriend put it together for me and she said that it took her about an hour because she lost the allen wrench and had to tear apart the living room to find it.- I have read some reviews on here where people mention that they had a lot of trouble putting the suction cups on this product. She circumvented this issue by using the alen wrench to push the suction cups in. She said that it worked really well and made it a lot easier/faster.Cable Management: This is probably the weirdest misnomer on this product. There is no "cable management." There are holes in the back where you let the cables hang and can zip tie them yourself if you want them "managed." The odd plastic/tie down device shown in the pictures did not come with my AV tower and nothing in the 4 page instruction booklet indicates that it should have.- The unit itself hides cables well if you have something on the bottom shelf and use zip ties, or something along those lines to keep the cables together. Personally, I had a decent amount of excess speaker cable bunched up in the back (in case I need to pull out the receiver to work on it or change speaker cable, etc.) and I found that it hides it well due to the low to the ground construction and the slightly tinted glass/Receiver at the bottom.Looks: As many other reviewers have stated, it looks really nice. It's got a more rugged texture to the black front and back frame pieces than I had expected, but that's not a bad thing. Additionally, the glass is a bit more clear than it looks in the pictures. I didn't really notice this until I had it sitting in front of me. Again, it's not a bad thing, but it's something that someone else might care about. Overall, I think this piece matches my living room better than I had expected.Sturdiness: Here's the whole reason that we all invest so much time in reading reviews. We want to know if the tower is going to break down and leave all of our expensive equipment dead on the floor. I can say that this tower is solid. I have moved it myself and have done so with a friend helping. You would have to throw quite a bit of energy at this guy to force it to fall over. It would be pretty difficult to find a more stable tower. With that said, if you are looking for a tower that has wheels this does not. I currently have this tower sitting on a area rug in the living room and there are no stability issues - despite the fact that my rug has a pattern than includes varying levels of carpet (ie some places it's very short and very long in others) and it's nearly impossible to have something sit on it that's light.Overall:Well worth the $230 that I paid for it. I would believe that this product goes for a higher value elsewhere. I don't often feel that way about the "markdowns" that amazon provides, but this product really does live up to the good reviews.I will update this as time goes by to allow other reviewers a fair shake before they purchase this. Feel free to leave a comment if you have a question. I will do my best to get to it to help you out.

The shelving is great for an AV rack, there is plenty of space on each shelf for a receiver, game console, media player etc. Assembly is an easy affair and can be done solo (as long as you are able to handle the weight). I took away a star for 2 things. The first being the packaging, for a box containing glass the foam protection was flimsy and thin. A different kind of foam to protect the glass would be better.The second deduction was for only one clamping point on each glass shelf. there is only a single mount bracket included for each shelf. While this holds it in place it isn't the most secure. I do really like the piece, but including 2 or 4 brackets per shelf would have made this a 4.5.