Idea for components... Your thoughts?

[HUB SRT]

So I decided I was sick of dusting all the time and decide I was thinking of fabbing up a unit that would incase my receiver, blue ray, power center, and gaming system. Would have to be well sealed. Glass in the front... Then on the right side at the bottom have a filter (that can be taken off and on). On the top left side at the top... I would have exhaust fans... Thinking 3 120mm computer fans. So it would pull cool air from the bottom and blow hot air from the top...

What do you all think? Tempature is my concern... IS there something like this already out on the market?

 

[twich54]

Tempature is my concern... ?

if the fans aren't quiet you'll have another concern.......

 

[HUB SRT]

if the fans aren't quiet you'll have another concern.......

The fans I have already sitting around... They are pretty quiet... So that I'm not worried about.

 

[MickeyVee]

I had my rack built to spec. Just happened to be talking to a person who had a friend that was retired and love building things. When I went to his garage turned shop, he must have had 100 wooden turned bowls and vases.

Haven't seen you're system but I have an AVR, DAC, BluRay player, PS2, Wii, Power Center & cable box. Could also fit in a medium sized amp or integrated. (looking at adding a Moon i3.3)
See the link to my system.

Tops shelf is 12" high, 2nd is 8" and bottom is 6". To address the heat thing, I have 8x8 cutouts on each of the middle shelves and the back is open. I use a Parasound fan over the AVR with the fan on low. Never had heat problems. The back of the unit is open with maybe a 3 inch border. There are 3" round holes for cabling going across for each shelf and going down. The center separator is also a frame an not solid so I can have cross flow. I have smoked glass on the front. It's all solid pine. I got lucky. This guy worked with me on the specs, hand built it for $750 and delivered it.

I haven't seen anything on the market that really takes into consideration complex wiring configurations and some of the heavier power cables that we may use. Even those that have 'smart' cabling systems.

I think the only way to go is custom for an enclosed system. At the last Toronto Home show, I found at least on furniture manufacturer that will build to spec and something similar to mine would have been about $1500.
It may be worth investigating.

 

[MickeyVee]

Found the first drawing when we were designing my unit.. Changes: smoked glass on the front and the cable routing holes.
The only thing I'd change now is that I wound go 2-3" deeper for some of the higher end components. Instead of 22" deep, I'd go 24-26 for a little more cabling clearance on the back.
Hope this helps..