Product Description

The Synergy 237 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 6-8 components. The 237 comes with 3 matching wood doors with perforated steel inserts. 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: #167280 in Consumer Electronics
• Size: Triple Wide/3 Doors
• Color: Walnut/Silver
• Brand: Salamander Designs
• Model: SB237W/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

Great functionality, good quality, not so great value
I have to come some where in between the good and bad reviews here. This is definitely not "cheap ikea wood" but it's also not quite the overall quality I expected for well over a thousand dollars. The front doors are real, solid, well crafted wood, the top and bottom (which are identical pieces of wood) are very dense, very strong composite wood with a really nice finish. Most of the hardware is good, heavy duty stuff (for instance the door hinges), but not everything. The end panels are something much cheaper and thinner, possibly a wood/polymer composition... just not what I expected for the price. It rattles when you tap on it. Also the bolts DEFINITELY show on top. I read a review that said this before I bought, but I didn't realize we were basically talking about two stacked pennies on top in 8 places. The bolts are smooth and tapered, but still...you see them even from across the room. Not a huge deal, just not what I expected for well over a grand.

I'm very happy with the way my components are stored and how well they breathe. The adjustable shelves give you the ability to give your receiver all the room in the world. I even put my center channel in there and the sound is not effected whatsoever. IR remotes work perfectly with the doors closed. I have a very minimal number of wires coming out the back; just the wires to my TV, speakers, sub, and power cord to surge protector. This unit does NOT have a real "cord management system" as I believe the description hints at. What it does have is plenty of room to tuck away wires that you bundle and strong black plastic removable backing to cover it all up.

Overall, I would say this is a high quality unit with a brilliantly simple, well thought out design...just not QUITE worth the price tag. If I had to guess, I'd say they put a lot of money into R&D and not quite as much into the final product. If the price was down around $950 I would have given it 5 stars.

"What a great piece of furniture!"
"My husband and I bought this for our new home and we're both thrilled! He loves that it holds our new TV and stereo system, and I love the way it looks. It's extremely sturdy and he was able to put it together in less than a couple of hours. We're so glad we found something we could both agree on! What a great piece of furniture!"

Solid Entertainment Center
I bought the Synergy 237 Maple/Silver entertainment center a few months ago. I wanted to allow enough time for actually using the product before reviewing it.

Overall I am very satisfied with this unit.

Performance:
The entertainment center is very solid. I bought the add on stiletto feet and the flat panel mount as well. With the additional 70 lbs of my Samsung tv actually mounted to the entertainment center there is not any noticeable tipping or wobbling.

I have three game systems, a dvd changer, a/v receiver, and a vcr (for emergencies only) in the Salamander and have no issues with airflow or space. I really like the perforated metal doors that allow my remote control signals to pass through to control the equipment while also hiding the equipment.

My only "like to have" would be that since I have young children I would like the doors to actually latch shut or be lockable, so I don't have to worry about my kids reprogramming the vcr for me.

Assembly:
Delivered, I think, the unit weighed somewhere around 250 lbs. Thankfully the delivery service brought it into the house for me, but after that I was on my own to unpack. After surveying all of the pieces delivered I felt the unit was very modular and had a very simple design. I read reviews on Amazon that mentioned that putting it together was very difficult, but I didn't feel like assembly was at all challenging. I felt I could put it together without too much assistance from the instruction manual. In the end I did use the instruction manual but it wasn't for any other reason than the manual was well written and easy to understand so it actually helped in assembly rather than making it more difficult like the instructions that come with furniture bought at walmart, kmart, or target.

Assembly Instructions:
I had no problems following the instructions and I felt that the descriptions and diagrams were helpful. I did have some confusion when putting the unit together when a step called for a certain screw type. I would prefer that the manual come with a bill of materials section that had all of the fasteners image, description, and real-size proportions just to eliminate confusion.

Price:
I had been looking at this unit for a long time, but my only hesitation in buying was the price. I felt 1299.00 which is what Amazon had it listed at, was a little too pricey. In the end I was able to purchase this from Amazon at a point when the price was less than half of the 1299 price. I don't remember exactly, but I think it was around 60% off. I had to sacrifice the model I really wanted (walnut/black) for the maple/silver, but the price difference helped me make up my mind without any remorse. I was also able to pick up the flat panel mount, stiletto feet, and expanded back panel at a similar discount. After using the entertainment center for a few months now I don't have any regrets, but I don't know if I would be as happy if I had paid the normal Amazon price.