Entertainment Wall Units and iPod Furniture

Entertainment wall units can be put to many uses, one of these being to make separate iPod furniture unnecessary. Many people spend money on furniture for their iPod dock and speakers, yet with the right choice of furniture, you can fix up your TV, surround sound system, hi-fi system and your iPod to the one set of stereo surround speakers. 


In fact, you can use an entertainment wall unit to incorporate your TV, whether that is an old-style TV or a flat-screen, a comprehensive speaker system, and all the external sources, such as the TV, a hi-fi CD deck, DVD player and an iPod. To do all this you would need a separate amplifier, although there are many of these on the market, into which you can attach the feed from each of your sound sources.

These amplifiers can handle your 5.1 surround sound TV and video system, and play music from the other sources through the same speakers, so you have need for separate iPod furniture. The furniture available to hold this equipment is available in the form of individual cabinets and stands, or as part of entertainment wall units that have a triple use:

1. Entertainment Wall Units as Items of Furniture
The wall units are magnificent pieces of home furniture that look great in your living room or lounge. They are available in a range of solid woods, such as American cherry, oak and mahogany, or with a beautifully polished or waxed walnut veneer. You can choose the wood finishes you want, from black or white paint to oak, maple or cherry stained to any finish you prefer.
Simply Amish offers some fabulous entertainment furniture, such as the Prairie Mission Wall Unit Entertainment Center available in a large selection of solid wood and wood finishes. This is almost 110" inches wide and 74.5" high. The Imperial and Classic entertainment wall units are even longer, at 128" wide. These units offer ample space for boxes and speakers, and also a display unit either side of the TV hutch.
The Custom Shoppe will allow you to design your own entertainment wall units, and they will construct it for you - though you do not have the design copyright on it! Some of the options this company offers have been designed by customers, and enable the TV screen to be dropped into a slot or rotated round 180 degrees when not in use to reveal a display unit.

2. Visual Entertainment Centers
Although entertainment wall units should be magnificent item of furniture in your home, they must also be functional. Visually, most people want a form of TV furniture in their home, and wall units are ideal for this. They can store, not only a full-sized TV, but also widescreen plasma, LCD and LED screens, satellite boxes and DVD video recorders and players. Some people still have the old VHS systems, and such units can also accommodate these.
Most TV furniture can also be arranged to accommodate a laptop or iPad, enabling you to access the internet using your widescreen TV. All the necessary equipment can be fitted in, and all the cables needed are run up the back and out of sight. That's where an entertainment wall unit scores over a TV stand set away from the wall - a lack of ugly cabling!

3. Audio Systems
Most people now have stereo on their TV and DVD or Blu-Ray players, mainly 5.1 involving 5 speakers and a sub-woofer. As explained earlier, 4 of these can be fitted into a wall unit - a 128 inch unit gives around 10 feet of separation between the front side speakers, with the center and sub-woofer also able to be fitted. If not, contact The Custom Shoppe, and they will make a unit to meet your needs!
You can also fit a hi-fi system, even if you still prefer vinyl LPs. Many believe the waveform reproduction of vinyl offers a purer sound and better reproduction than the digital bytes of CD or DVD. A wall unit can accommodate a record deck. Individual iPod furniture is unnecessary because the small iPod dock can be fitted to any of the shelves on the display unit or bridge, and attached to the common amplifier and speakers.
With regard to speakers, if you use Bang and Olufsen, JBL or KEF or similar in your 5.1 system, your audio reproduction will be superb. Much better than you need for your TV, but essential for your hi-fi reproduction and even your iPod! If you use a good amplifier attached to the speakers, you will get superb sound. Forget these tiny iPod speakers!
One of the benefits of using solid wood entertainment wall units is that there will be minimum vibration, particular from the low frequency sub-woofers, and much better sound reproduction than from less substantial speaker stands. When you consider that this super-sized iPod furniture looks great in your home, then it really is a no-brainer.
If you are looking for entertainment wall units suitable for your home, visit the Patterson Furniture showrooms in Roswell and Lilburn, Atlanta. Patterson is one of the most highly respected furniture stores in Atlanta, offering a wide range of American furniture including entertainment and iPod furniture.

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