Product Description

The Synergy 236 provides plenty of space for audio/video collections, including your new plasma or rear projection TV. The unit includes fully adjustable interior shelves (19.5w x 18"d), and room for 4 to 6 components. The 236 comes with two doors, a media drawer and an opening for a modest size center channel. Wire management is easy with removable rear panels. Optional Flat-Panel Mounts provide solid support and seamless integration for your TV. Add more style and functionality to your Synergy System with accessories including decorative feet or casters.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #130198 in Consumer Electronics
• Size: Triple Wide/2 Doors & Drawer
• Color: Black/Silver
• Brand: Salamander Designs
• Model: SB236B/A
• Dimensions: 21.00" h x 19.75" w x 65.75" l,

Features

• Perforated Steel Door panels allow speaker sound and remote control signals to pass through while also ventilating your components
• Removable rear panels allow easy access cable access
• Interior shelves mount anywhere on aluminum posts, providing infinite shelf adjustability
• Constructed of the finest materials, including genuine hardwood and anodized aluminum, in a range of fine finishes
• Assembly of stand required

From the Manufacturer

Why You Need Salamander Synergy Audio/Video Furniture

Furniture designed for audio and video components is important because it incorporates features that improve the performance of your home theater system. Traditional furniture manufacturers do not take into consideration important aspects such as Ventilation, infrared passthrough for remote controls, and removable rear panels for component access, wire management and media storage.

The Synergy by Salamander Designs is a modern storage system for today’s home theater. Its innovative and award-winning design provides unparalleled flexibility with the design of tailored furniture systems. A full line of refined elements and accessories allows owners to fine-tune individual systems to keep pace with their growing requirements. A delicate balance of high-quality materials gives Synergy distinct form and function. Extruded aluminum posts provide the aesthetic and functional backbone of Synergy. The oversized hardwood shelves enhance its bold and beautiful appeal. An elegantly simple design is advanced by thoughtful details, such as optional flat-panel TV mounts, choice between caster wheels and designer cabinet feet, and easily-removable rear panels.

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Features Found on Every Salamander Stand (Synergy 221 shown)

Removable Rear Panels are easily removable with four thumbnuts, providing component access and enclose the rear of each cabinet. Each panel is cut, so a 1 ½" opening can be positioned at the top or bottom--or split the difference to allow cable entrance or exit from the cabinet. This opening also allows airflow through the cabinet.	Infinite Shelf Adjustability allows you to custom-fit your components while leaving ample space for ventilation. Interior shelves travel along aluminum posts to provide infinite adjustment. Shelves can hold up to 100 lbs. each.	Perforated Steel Doors allow a convenient method of masking speakers and provide further flexibility by allowing either left- or right-hand opening. Our doors allow remote control signals to pass through while also ventilating your components.

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One-Step Finishes to Customize Your Look

Elegant, one-step finishes include cherry, maple, walnut and black. You even have a choice of support post finishes. Pick soft, satin aluminum or tasteful matte black. Select from the drop-down menu at the top of this page to see all the available color choices for this Synergy series cabinet.

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Optional Accessories for Your Synergy Cabinet (Sold separately)

Plasma Mounts for flat panel TVs easily attach to any Synergy Twin or Triple cabinet and accommodate most 32-50" wide displays. Accommodates our optional kits for mounting speakers adjacent to and below your screen for precise sonic positioning and visual integration.	Saturn Wheels are shapely but strong aluminum casters that allow you to move a Synergy unit easily whenever the need arises. They lock securely when your furniture is in place. Saturn Wheels are available in sets of four or six to fit any Synergy System.	Polished Aluminum Feet are an elegant addition to any Synergy unit. They provide an additional three inches of height and give your furniture arrangement a sleek, finished look. Polished aluminum feet are available in sets of four or six to fit any Synergy System.

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Each Finish in a Wide Variety of Sizes to Fit Any Home

	The Synergy 402 is extra ordinarily flexible and is often used as the foundation for an expanded system. The unit comes with fully adjustable black shelves, and includes a removable black rear panel that has been sized to allow cables to pass over and/or underneath it. The 402 is 23.25" wide, and is perfectly suited to audio-only component systems or TVs up to 20". 402C/B pictured	The Synergy 329 provides the perfect solution for flat panel or DLP TV's up to 42-inches wide. It features a double-wide shelf to house a center channel speaker and the interior cabinet holds four components. The 329 includes two fully adjustable interior shelves (19.5w x 18-inches d) and wire management is easy with removable rear panels. 329C/B pictured
	The Synergy 323 provides the perfect solution for larger audio/video systems. The 323 includes four adjustable shelves and a removable black rear panel sized to allow cables to pass over and/or beneath it. The 323 is 44.5" wide. Recommended for customers with TVs that have screen sizes up to 42" wide. 323C/B pictured	The Synergy 237 provides plenty of space for audio/video collections, including your new plasma or rear projection TV. The unit comes with fully adjustable black shelves, and includes a removable black rear panel that has been sized to allow cables to pass over and/or underneath it. The 237 is 65.75" wide and holds TVs as wide as 60". 237W/B pictured
	The Synergy 236 provides plenty of space for audio/video collections, including your new plasma or rear projection TV. The unit comes with fully adjustable black shelves, and includes a removable black rear panel that has been sized to allow cables to pass over and/or underneath it. The 236 includes two doors and a media drawer. The 236 is 65.75" wide and holds TVs as wide as 60". 236W/A pictured	The Synergy 221 provides the perfect solution for larger audio/video systems. The 221 includes two adjustable shelves and a removable black rear panel sized to allow cables to pass over and/or beneath it. The 221 is 44.5" wide. Recommended for customers with TVs that have screen sizes up to 42". 221C/B pictured

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Customer Reviews

Robust and well designed product...but full of dings
I really do love the beauty and the well thought out design behind the Synergy system. It is a modular design so you can always come back and expand on the system in the future.

It took me many hours to put it together (and I will explain more below on this).

The pieces are all very sturdy (thick wood, strong and heavy vertical supports) so you know it can hold a good amount of weight. Even the secondary pieces (such as the rear boards) are nicely made. There is nothing "cheap" looking about this system at all.

The cherry and black option also looks very nice (it looks a little darker than what I noticed on the monitor). I would have liked it if somehow they could make it so the heads of the top screws are not exposed.

OK so what am I not happy about? First off...it was missing two pieces (a washer and a silver screw knob on the rear). I ended up using things from my toolbox to supplement.

Almost every piece has minor dings or scratches...I could live with almost all of them. When I finally put all of the pieces together and it was time to put the top piece of wood on...I was shocked to see that there were a couple of long gashes (about 6 inches long...a second smaller one about 2 inches long) on the top piece. They look like someone dug a tool into the wood by mistake.

I discovered this after many hours so it took me even more time to swap the bottom piece for the top piece. I am very very unhappy that the maker cannot ship this in a way that the scratches do not occur.

The box that it came in looked very well packaged so I don't think shipping is the problem. I think it lies in the maker's internal quality control before the pieces get to the box.

I think one thing they can do to improve on this is use more of the protective plastic wrap. They put protective plastic wrapping on all the black pieces of wood which you peel off...why can't they do this on all the other major pieces as well?

If you want to order this system (why wouldn't you, it's a great design that looks very nice and simple), I recommend taking all the pieces out and inspecting them. If it has dings like mine did, strategically figure out which location the piece with the hideous scratch should go to first before spending a ton of time.

Because believe me, after hours of working on it and the weight of this package will make you not want to return it.

Great Cabinet, but be warned...
If you've seen this piece at the local stores you've probably heard that they come assembled. Well, the Amazon version requires assembly. While it wasn't too difficult or time consuming (maybe two hours including disposal/organization of packing materials), it would have been nice to know it. Aside from assembly, the quality and look of the cabinet are great. Definitely worth the sales tax savings to get it through Amazon - plus you get that feeling of accomplishment once you've put the thing together.

Great TV Cabinet
I had shopped IKEA and on line for TV stands and cabinets to find something I would like that would fit with my decor and support a 46" flat panel TV I was planning to purchase but I couldn't seem to find anything even close to my desires for a reasonable price until I saw this Salamander Synergy cabinet offered on line at a discount if purchased with the very TV I was interested in buying. What luck! Though I wouldn't normally purchase furniture without actually seeing it in person first, I was so worn out from "shopping" that I bit the bullet and ordered the cabinet. I'm very glad I did. It's a well-made and very sturdy cabinet. It loses the fifth star only because of the tedious assembly process required and the fact that the nuts and bolts package was one custom bolt short, which is always a bummer. There are 3 shelves and 1 drawer, all which can be "infinitely" adjusted, including putting the drawer in the upper position (which I did) unlike the unit in the photo which shows the center drawer in the lower position. You'll spend some time getting the shelves adjusted, however, because each is supported by 4 corner ledge-bolts that slide in channels of the upright aluminum posts. This is what makes them "infinitely" adjustable and is also why you'll need some patience. And make sure you install the drawer where you want it; in the upper or lower postion. If you change your mind after you've assembled the cabinet, you'll have to remove the top of the unit before you can make the change. By the way, there are 8 feet that support the cabinet off of the floor and each is adjustable.

Nice unit, well-made, handsome, functional, strong and sturdy.