My modest setup...

I took these pictures with my iphone so the quality isn't great. I'm also not quite finished (concealing wires, adjusting doors on media console, etc.) but it gives you an idea of the final product.

Equipment:
AVR - Denon 1909
L/R - Definitive Tech SM450's
Center - Definitive Tech PM2000
Surronds - Definitive Tech BP1.2x's
Sub - Epik Empire

My setup is pretty straight forward, but I guess a few comments are worth noting.

I just upgraded my media console. I went from a wall unit to this low profile console from Ikea (besta collection). I really like the look and cost ($290) of the Ikea console but it wasn't made with the home theater enthusiast in mind. My AVR didn't quite fit given the relatively shallow depth of the shelves, so I had to cut out a rectangle in the backboard so it could protrude out the back and therefore sit recessed in the shelf. Cutting the backboard was pretty difficult too. I didn't have the necessary woodworking tools so I used a combination of a circular saw (total overkill) and a drywall cutting tool. It was a pain to cut to say the least. The other drawback is ventilation or lack thereof. With the doors closed my cable box overheated. I may either take the glass doors off or leave the door ajar when watching TV. Overall though I'm happy with the media console because it was cheap and stylish.

I also mounted the TV myself. It's probably common knowledge on these forums that monoprice makes this task cheap and easy with their inexpensive mounting brackets and recessed wall outlet. Every TV is different so I won't post a link to the bracket I used, but below is a link to the recessed power outlet that anyone can install. I highly recommend this unit. An electrician would have charged close to $300 plus hardware to mount my TV. I did it for less than $70
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

Thanks for the kind words!

Omard - my TV is a 52" Samsung and the bottom of the TV measures 32" from the floor and the middle of the screen is about 50". I attempted to mount it at eye level from my seating area plus a little extra height to accomodate the center speaker (so that they weren't on top of each other). The height works well in my living room.

Gelinas - surprisingly my glass door doesn't rattle very much, at least nothing discernable. I've had to "bass proof" everything else, but I rarely hear the window rattling.

mogorf, thanks for the compliment and your observations are deadly accurate! I knew adjustments were required but I've been busy with family in town so I put them off. I had some downtime today and decided to make the necessary tweaks.

First off, I'm simply amazed that you noticed the center was tilted too far up. I could barely see it sitting from my couch let alone from the grainy picture I posted.

Secondly, my sub does sound best to the right of the media console (sub crawl). Unfortunately it was too close to my fireplace which you can't see in the picture. When I placed it to the left of the media console it encroached the walkway, so really the only practical place for it was next to the sofa.

I reran Audyssey today and it made a huge difference. The previous Audyssey setting was based on the center being above the TV and L/R speakers much higher than where they are now. After making said adjustments I'm back to audio bliss.

Original pictures were taken with my iphone. Here are few with my camera.

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Thanks for the compliment! Yeah we really like our floors. We have a big dog and so we wanted something that could hide scratches, etc. The color and hand scraped finish does the job well.