Salamander Synergy 236 A/V Cabinet (Maple/Silver)

I got this on sale and am very happy with it. The quality is good. The large top and bottom pieces are MDF covered with attractive real wood veneer. The side panels are kind of flimsy 1/4" pressboard also covered with veneer. This might be the low point of the piece but I guess it is good enough being that they are the sides. The door frames and drawer front are solid maple and look great. The hardware is all very nice quality. The door knobs are nothing special but are simple and unobtrusive. I did opt to buy the polished claw feet (separate option) since I have always thought they looked really cool in pictures. I think they look awesome. I'm not sure if my wife likes them as much as I do but it is subjective. I love the claw feet on my pool table too. Since I bought the claw feet I did not use the standard feet and have no opinion about them. The only thing that annoyed me about this purchase is that the drawer front was packed with another piece directly on the face. There were some light scratches which are not worth crying about but still. It seems like a packing mistake. If it had been turned over the other way the other pieces would have rubbed on the back side of the drawer, or alternately a piece of packing foam could have been inserted between the two pieces. Other than that the assembly was fairly uneventful, probably takes 2 hours and the result is a very nice piece that is mostly made in USA. I noticed the hinges said Made in Italy - which is a heck of a lot better than China in my opinion. I don't know the origin of the rest of the hardware...could be China but none of it was bad. Had I paid full price I might have given it four stars just based on value as the price seems pretty lofty, but for what I paid I am extremely happy and imagine this will be with me a very long time.

I am very happy with mine. Looks beautiful, lots of room for components to breathe, very functional (ir through doors, large shelves, etc). I am majorly unhandy and I had no trouble putting it together. The wood on the two ends is definitely cheaper than the nice solid wood/composite used on the top/bottom and doors, but only the person who assembled it would ever know. Looks just like the nicer wood. Not the best price ever, but I could not find another cabinet as functional as this for less. Most have much smaller shelves that are unsuitable for large components.