Equipment supports/furniture
Posted by: MichaelC on 13 October 2003
I am under orders - new furniture for the living room to include a Fraim for the Naim bits "n" pieces and cabinets for the AV bits "n" bobs, records and cds.
The Fraim is straight forward.
Can anyone recommend decent cabinets for the remainder - I need to site the TV, DVD, amp, digibox and vcr. I like the look of the Arca furniture range but doea anyone else have alternative suggestions.
Thanks
Mike
The Fraim is straight forward.
Can anyone recommend decent cabinets for the remainder - I need to site the TV, DVD, amp, digibox and vcr. I like the look of the Arca furniture range but doea anyone else have alternative suggestions.
Thanks
Mike
Posted on: 13 October 2003 by connon price
Hi Mike,
Is Arca a new brand? Haven't heard of it over here in the states. Their site is under construction at http://www.arcafurniture.net/.
I see they have arcam in their arca. ar ar ar.
The TV stand that naim maik is lovely and would match the fraim. But it is also quite dear. It has space for four units, but not a lot of height. It is open on the back though while the arcas look quite tight and closed in. Concealed is all good and well but yer bits gotsta breath. How big is the Tele?
Is Arca a new brand? Haven't heard of it over here in the states. Their site is under construction at http://www.arcafurniture.net/.
I see they have arcam in their arca. ar ar ar.
The TV stand that naim maik is lovely and would match the fraim. But it is also quite dear. It has space for four units, but not a lot of height. It is open on the back though while the arcas look quite tight and closed in. Concealed is all good and well but yer bits gotsta breath. How big is the Tele?
Posted on: 14 October 2003 by MichaelC
quote:
Originally posted by connon price:
The TV stand that naim maik is lovely and would match the fraim...How big is the Tele?
I didn't realise Naim made a TV stand - no mention of it on their website. The tele is a Loewe Aconda, 32" screen and is quite bulky.
Do you know the depths between the individual supports?
Thanks
Mike
Posted on: 14 October 2003 by MichaelC
quote:
Originally posted by connon price:
Is Arca a new brand? Haven't heard of it over here in the states. Their site is under construction at http://www.arcafurniture.net/.
I believe Arca have been around in the UK for a couple of years - the furniture is built to a high standard with good quality veneers. They are primarily distributed amongst the specialist detailers, I guess more of the AV ilk. Off the top of my head, the pricing is reasonable - say £450-470 for a smaller, single width unit and £750-£770 for a larger, double width unit.
Rgds
Mike
Posted on: 14 October 2003 by connon price
Mike,
I think the spacing is the same as the standard shelf fraim, about 4 inches, but the four glass isolation shelves can be individually removed for a bit of extra headroom if your AV amp is hulky (and they always are).
Curious that Naim don't have a picture of it on their site. It was on the US price list. Perhaps they had supplier problems with the smoked glass doors and had to discontinue it.
Connon
I think the spacing is the same as the standard shelf fraim, about 4 inches, but the four glass isolation shelves can be individually removed for a bit of extra headroom if your AV amp is hulky (and they always are).
Curious that Naim don't have a picture of it on their site. It was on the US price list. Perhaps they had supplier problems with the smoked glass doors and had to discontinue it.
Connon
Posted on: 15 October 2003 by MichaelC
quote:
Originally posted by Tom Alves:
http://www.hutter.co.at/page.asp?PAGE_ID=42&L_ID=7, looks good and sounds good
Tom
Thanks for that - it does look good and best of all Laura agrees to. Time to investigate in more detail.
Regards
Mike
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by andy c
At the Bristol show i asked one of the Naim reps - he said they were not building an av Fraim due to costs (there was one on display at the show which looked the doggies doo-dahs)- perhaps Richard or one of the other administrators could assist in clarifying this?
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by Frank Abela
A Hutter AV rack with a HiFi Base (worth it!) and two shelves in the 500mm configuration (so not so deep) will put you back just over £600. It's a fine rack.
Regards,
Frank.
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Regards,
Frank.
All opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of any organisations I work for, except where this is stated explicitly.
Posted on: 16 October 2003 by garyi
ash designs do nice stuff for the TV and what have you.
Posted on: 17 October 2003 by prowla
I have to say that myself and SWMBO don't like the look of Hutter at all. You can tell it's quality, but it looks awful (IMHO).
Paul Rowlands
Paul Rowlands
Posted on: 17 October 2003 by Sean Woods
Michael you lucky b*****d! I wish that I was under orders from our lass about purchasing the Naim Fraim.
Sean
Sean
Posted on: 17 October 2003 by Neil Bennett
I got a Quadraspire double width cabinet in light oak with smoked glass doors, which slide in to the sides if required. 3 equipment levels (base, 2 adjustable shelves) plus the top. I believe its code is something like QK AV. It's very solid and well-built, but quite expensive. I got an ex-dem one for ~£600 but I believe the full price is around £900. Worth a look though.