Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It looked pretty good coming out of the box—was going to be 5 stars. Here’s what happened: It lost one star because it’s pressboard with veneer. And not the greatest veneer. The edges splinter very easily. It lost another star because there is one hole drilled in the back of the turntable spot for wires, but that’s it. Want to use and amp? Get ready to drill. Want a tuner? Get ready to drill. Want a CD player? Well, that’s got holes! Nope, not really, you have to drill for that too! It lost another star because it’s not deep enough for standard audio component sizes. Well, actually it is, but only if your wires add absolutely no depth to the back. It’s like they looked up the size of a component, made the shelf exactly that size and not a millimeter bigger. If your wires need more than 1 mm to stick out the back, you can’t close the doors. I ended up just cutting a 5x17 window in the back so my receiver’s ass can hang out the back. And the legs are crap. They’re held on by two short bolts into anchors mounted into pressboard with veneer. If you lean on it, the anchors will pull out. If your kid pokes it, the anchors will pull out. If your dog pees on it, pray to god it’s a straight downward stream, cause any side stream will generate enough sideways force that the anchor bolts will tear out. I’m thinking of taking the legs off and putting it on blocks for that hipster, urban grunge look. Since this is obviously all about looks anyway.