Photograph
of our living room entertainment system, centered around the 36" Sony
XBR WEGA. The center-channel speaker system (Boston VR-12) sits below
the display. Under that is a custom-made media storage drawer on
ball-bearing slides which I built to fit into the Wega stand (it originally
had glass doors). Visible are the front effects speakers, mounted on the
ceiling (the Yamaha receiver can output 7.1 channel sound in DSP
modes). The rear surround speakers (not shown) are similarly
ceiling-mounted. Some of the lighting is controlled by an RF remote
control, including a 6500K, 10w wall-wash fluorescent mounted behind the TV
which we use when watching in the dark. The entire system sits on a
2" high oak riser. The left and right cabinets can roll out for
access (using removable riser squares which live in the garage most of the
time). Cabling between the cabinets is all 4m long, while cabling from
either cabinet to the center is 2m long, giving enough slack cable for easy
access. All cabling is P-Touch labeled, and cable groups are covered
in woven sheathing. This makes for a very neat and beautiful cable
system. I don't see it very often, but I like the fact that it looks
good anyway! On the left you can see Natalie, one of our dachshunds - she's a big football fan :-)
