Bush Furniture Midnight Mist Media Stand in Black

This simplistic, clean design is a work of art - an example of form & function at its best. Extremely well built, no cheap or cheesy parts, fit & finish on the 2 units I purchased & assembled were as close to perfect as possible, considering mass production & relatively low price point for this level of quality & sheer mass, a solid strong build with a subdued muscular look/feel. The matte black rectangular steel outer frame paired with the matte finish silver round/tubular inner frame and gray smoke glass combine to quietly match any style audio/video equipment (most are either black or silver, brushed, matte or gloss) these racks compliment the equipment. The glass is thick and strong supported by this steel frame with heavy duty clear rubber/silicone like material supporting the glass to prevent scratching and more importantly to absorb vibration & prevent any kind of glass movement once set in place. The hardware is high quality, bolts /threads line up correctly, all holes are correctly drilled (plumb and square - so many other kits are not!!!) Assembly is quick/easy assuming you have some common sense experience using basic hand tools. I was concerned that the units would not be strong enough for my high end AVR & multi-channel amplifiers or stable enough for my Analog stereo old school Tube preamp/amp & Record Turntable (that requires a heavily damped vibration free surface) - I bought a pair of these racks - one for the AVR/Surround sound system for Movies (Blu-Ray/DVD, VHS, Laser Disc, Cable Box, Heavy 7 channel amp, etc..) and the other for 2 channel Analog Music sound reproduction (Tape decks, Turntable, DVD-Audio/HDCD/CD Transport & DAC, Vacuum Tube Amps/preamps/tuner/phono preamp, Graphic Equalizers etc..) - These racks are strong enough to support the extreme weight & rack parts/materials used are not affected by the extreme HEAT generated by the vacuum Tube systems, open air rack shelf design allows for the best heat dispersion/air flow & because of the rack's overall mass & low center of gravity, these are the most stable/vibration damping racks I have ever owned/used/seen, even those I have worked on located in professional recording studios, weren't built this well. This combined with a fantastic price & free shipping (when I bought them it was free) for items weighing this much - also fast delivery, you can't go wrong. After almost 3 years and no trouble other than removing dust (Good thing the metal parts do NOT show fingerprints due to textured finish, but the glass does collect dust like any other rack shelf surface material). Cable management system is minimal but functional and easily customized to suit your needs, there is plenty of room in a very wide, but shallow 3 sided box that runs the length top to bottom of the rack (approx 10" wide, 2" deep, Length of rack top to bottom) with large oval cut-outs in the rear of each shelf, holes have machined rounded edges so no sharp metal to cut through cable insulation & no need for messy unreliable grommets - plenty of hidden room to hide the cable and separate the high voltage Line cords from the sensitive low voltage A/V input/output cables into separate bundles. Since the back of the cable hide is wide open, it is easily accessible & new cables can be added or removed without taking anything apart. The 5 shelves are evenly spaced with plenty of H/W/D to accommodate all of my equipment with larger devices (Reel to Reel Tape, Turntables) on the top Shelves. Shelves ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE - Because the tubular steel framework that supports each shelf is welded - I rather have a strong welded frame, than weak adjustable potential points of failure on an otherwise indestructible rack system. The all Steel inner silver tubular shelf support system and outer black rectangular frame combined are a heavyweight, heavy duty system that is extremely strong, rigid and stable. Because of the size and weight, 2 adults are needed to move the empty fully assembled racks into position, IOW, these racks, even without any equipment on the shelves, is so heavy/stable that you can't move them (they don't slide on floor because of silicone feet, weight, stability) without some help lifting all 4 legs off the floor simultaneously & placing the rack where you want it. There is no way these would ever tip over, they are so correctly balanced that it would take a huge force just to push it enough to tilt it on 2 of 4 legs. I cannot think of anything negative to say nor can I think of any improvements that I would have made to these racks - I may add some RGB LEDs to the back edge of the Glass Shelves to test whether I can get the edges to light up from the front to add some color/focus on the racks - all angles are accessible so mounting LEDs are simple, if desired. Love these units and would highly recommend..

An attractive and well-built audio tower. All the pieces were well-finished and will complement even the finest audiophile or videophile equipment. Keep in mind that this is a open-air tower with only minimal enclosure (on the back there is a metal plate that serves as a backstop as well as a cable guide.) This is mostly good though as air flow is always a concern when using electronics and with the Bush Midnight Mist tower your equipment will have plenty of opportunity to acquire cooler outside air and expel any warmer exhaust. Construction of the unit is straightforward but can be tricky for one person especially when joining the four posts and installing the tempered glass. Having a partner is recommended - particularly if you are not a buff/beefy specimen such as myself! (LOL!) The unit is sturdy and all but the heaviest equipment can be handled without too much issue (some of the larger amplifiers and receivers and certainly many power conditioners/UPS units may need to be located elsewhere.) But keep the weight on any one of the tempered glass shelves under 50 pounds and everything will be hunky. If I have any quibble with the Midnight Mist is that the metal plate spanning the center back of the unit could have been made slightly larger and with more ports to more easily accommodate all the connectors and cords that audio-video setups can require. But that is being very picky indeed - this is a well-made and classy place to put your home electronics - be it a three thousand dollar Luxman amplifier or more modest components. Regardless of pedigree all components will look good (or at least better) sitting within this quality piece of audio furniture. Five stars.

This beast is 91LBS and is not something that I am concerned about falling over. I spent a loooong time debating on the benefits of having one of these towers versus using the TV stand that I currently have in the living room. Everything came to a head one day after I had upgraded my speakers and my Receiver went into power protect mode because it didn't have enough room to breathe when it was in my TV stand. I don't have much to compare it to outside of the $800+ range (my father has a really nice AV tower), but I will definitely say that I am pleased with how this product functions and it is well worth the investment if you're like me and need to get something under $300 to save yourself the headache of purchasing a new receiver. Some notes on the various aspects of this AV Tower: The description states that the shelving is: Distances between shelves: top shelf=7 3/4"; two center shelves=9 1/4"; and bottom shelf=8 7/8" This is incorrect. I took a measuring tape to my AV tower and found that each shelf has 9.5" between them. Putting it together: I cannot personally say how difficult this is to do. It's HEAVY, but my 110 LBS girlfriend put it together for me and she said that it took her about an hour because she lost the allen wrench and had to tear apart the living room to find it. - I have read some reviews on here where people mention that they had a lot of trouble putting the suction cups on this product. She circumvented this issue by using the alen wrench to push the suction cups in. She said that it worked really well and made it a lot easier/faster. Cable Management: This is probably the weirdest misnomer on this product. There is no "cable management." There are holes in the back where you let the cables hang and can zip tie them yourself if you want them "managed." The odd plastic/tie down device shown in the pictures did not come with my AV tower and nothing in the 4 page instruction booklet indicates that it should have. - The unit itself hides cables well if you have something on the bottom shelf and use zip ties, or something along those lines to keep the cables together. Personally, I had a decent amount of excess speaker cable bunched up in the back (in case I need to pull out the receiver to work on it or change speaker cable, etc.) and I found that it hides it well due to the low to the ground construction and the slightly tinted glass/Receiver at the bottom. Looks: As many other reviewers have stated, it looks really nice. It's got a more rugged texture to the black front and back frame pieces than I had expected, but that's not a bad thing. Additionally, the glass is a bit more clear than it looks in the pictures. I didn't really notice this until I had it sitting in front of me. Again, it's not a bad thing, but it's something that someone else might care about. Overall, I think this piece matches my living room better than I had expected. Sturdiness: Here's the whole reason that we all invest so much time in reading reviews. We want to know if the tower is going to break down and leave all of our expensive equipment dead on the floor. I can say that this tower is solid. I have moved it myself and have done so with a friend helping. You would have to throw quite a bit of energy at this guy to force it to fall over. It would be pretty difficult to find a more stable tower. With that said, if you are looking for a tower that has wheels this does not. I currently have this tower sitting on a area rug in the living room and there are no stability issues - despite the fact that my rug has a pattern than includes varying levels of carpet (ie some places it's very short and very long in others) and it's nearly impossible to have something sit on it that's light. Overall: Well worth the $230 that I paid for it. I would believe that this product goes for a higher value elsewhere. I don't often feel that way about the "markdowns" that amazon provides, but this product really does live up to the good reviews. I will update this as time goes by to allow other reviewers a fair shake before they purchase this. Feel free to leave a comment if you have a question. I will do my best to get to it to help you out.

Just got this for a steal at $152 plus change, after taxes. I just have to say that it's really nice and has a premium look. Was it my first choice? Not at all, but there comes a time when one must accept that they do not carry the funds to be buying overpriced product that's only overpriced to appeal to people with money. This thing looks great. It feels cheap absolutely zero. I would have a hard time being more happy with anything else I can get my hands on. On to the infos - I'm not a huge fan of the method of suction cups for the glass. It was a pain for my thumb to go through installing the cups. The very top holes where the top piece of glass goes, does not agree well at all with the cups. Press as hard as you might, it's probably not going to be enough to get them in. I took my hammer, the only practical thing I could find to hammer on that would work i.e. big enough, not small nor too big-a basic black marker, lined it up in the middle of the cup that was already as far pressed in as I could get it with my thumb, and by gently hammering I could get the cup to go all the way in. The cups and holes on the rest of the rig were a cake walk in comparison. Just press in and twist til they pop in fully. (NOTE: My size is "football player" massive, for the record. So of course I have large hands and as a result, thumbs. Smaller people will PROBABLY have a lot easier time installing the suction cups with much smaller thumbs. Just a heads up to not be too scared off about the suction cups. If you resort to hammer and perhaps a black marker or basic pen to hammer on, you'll probably break it like I did. My reasoning for using a marker and something bigger than the typical bolt or whatnot metal object is I was worried about ruining the suction capability of the cup. Use something big enough not to start poking through the tiny hole on the cup and it should be fine to use) The second biggest chore was getting the top glass to go on right i.e. straight and even. I'm 6' but I imagine had I used a small step ladder I could position myself above and make a better placement. The problem that adds onto this problem is it can't be put on evenly due to the backside requiring two L shaped bars to connect the glass to the shelf, so you must connect the bars prior in order to correctly install the glass. I strongly suggest leaving the bars very loose so they work with the glass movement, and let them serve as a guideline to how far back the glass needs to go before you set it. No worries if you get it wrong, the suction cups aren't overpowering and you can retry as often as you need to get it right. You'll also see four half circle bars which will confuse you unless someone informs you or you research them. Just do as the photo only instructions show. They will be used for attaching the glass shelves to the metal bars to better stabilize them for I guess when/if you move the tower to another location. These and the L bars will have you install a bolt to tighten to the glass for the connection. I suggest you don't over do it. I did it juuuuust enough to not be loose. Once my two towers are in place I will have zero reason to ever move them anyway, but feel free to turn it tight for another round or three if it makes you feel more secure. It is protected with a something I can't really name. I'll just say you will not be tightening metal to glass. It'll be metal bolt>something white on the end of metal bolt to protect glass>glass. As usual I am long winded, so I'll end this quickly with - Tower is a 5 star product. Suction cup pains earns it a 4 star rating. And uh, yeah, this version involves dark glass shelves which fingerprints are particularly fond of to show themselves off. Black or dark is great but...might want to consider the clear version so you don't constantly feel compelled to whip the fingerprints off. I just got it but I see this coming from ten thousand trillion zillion miles away >:/ It's not fully blackened glass. It's more like a really dark DARK shade of sunglasses. You can still see through the glass. I am guessing this is why fingerprints show so badly.

We were looking for a shelving unit to hold all of our media components (tivo, dvd, play station, receiver, internet router) to accompany our wall-mounted 60 inch tv. This was a great size for what we were looking for... perhaps slightly bigger than it seemed in the photos, but its in-person impression is elegant and unobtrusive, so the size wasn't a problem or a deterrent. To echo what so many other reviewers have said, this is an exceptional product. It's well worth the money paid, and I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly it arrived at our door, considering we live in Alaska and did not choose to pay for any upgraded shipping. It took my husband just under an hour to put together, and there were no problems with misaligned parts/holes, missing products etc. as some others have run into. Overall, it's a great shelving unit for a great price. While the openings in the panel to manage the cords in back aren't huge, we had no problem threading the cords we needed through them, and felt like if they were much bigger (as some reviewers have wished), it would actually make the cords more visible, and decrease the effectiveness of the cord-hiding back panel. We have nothing bad to say about our experience. Going on two weeks of ownership and it seems to be holding up like a champ with all of our media components stacked in it successfully. Seems super stable and very durable. No reason to think it won't continue to be a great piece of furniture for many many years into the future. Definitely recommend this!

I was looking for an attractive, sturdy and roomy A/V rack to house my home theater equipment, and decided to give this a try. It was a GREAT decision. It easily fit three 90-pound power amplifiers, 1 pre/pro amplifier and my Blu-ray player. More details below: 1. This was big enough to house all of my A/V components with the exception of my PC and XBOX. My XBOX will actually fit if I place it on top of another component, but I decided to have it stand next to the rack. 2. This rack gives each component room to breathe. Each of my five components have good space above and behind for air to flow, which makes me feel better about heat dissipation and wear/tear. 3. The unit looks beautiful. 4. The unit is simple to put together. You will need someone to help you hold pieces in place, but it can be assembled quickly (30 mins or so). It also comes with the tools you need to assemble it. 5. The unit feels fairly strong and the tempered glass seems feels equally as strong. My 90-pound amps don't seem to phase it at all. 6. The back cord strip does a nice job hiding the cords from front views. It look much neater than my previous entertainment center. 7. Awesome value for the price. Would HIGHLY recommend this for folks looking for something that looks great, is sturdy and can fit A/V separates.

I am very happy with my purchase of this AV tower. I assembled it alone with no problem, closely following instructions which were adequate. I tightened the screws while the unit was on it's side, as the instructions said. When I stood the unit up it was lopsided, so had to loosen the screws and re tighten them in the standing position to get the rack to stand without wobbling - adding weight also helps. I used 2 tiny screwdrivers to insert the suction cups, the rubbery substance being very durable. One piece of glass was chipped along one edge due to a factory cutting problem. I called Bush Furniture, explained the problem and they cheerfully sent me another piece of glass - they had seen this problem previously. The AV Tower is an awesome unit, very sturdy and beautifully appealing to the eye. The sale price was what sealed the deal. Be aware that glass shelves require a lot of dusting and/or cleaning to look nice. I find the width of the wire routing metal piece to be adequate. The shelves are all evenly vertically spaced. I use this unit as an input device rack, below my 55" TV hanging from the wall above it.

I was stunned at how high quality this piece of furniture is, for the price. I'm used to buying small furniture (desks, bookcases, coffee tables) and assembling the particle board pieces, finding creative ways to replace the pieces that are inevitably missing.... I'm sure that sounds familiar for many of you. But this piece from Bush Furniture was nothing like that! The instructions were very clear, all of the different pieces of hardware were individually bagged and clearly labeled, the glass shelves were well packed, and the metal frame pieces are extremely solid and look much more expensive than this tower actually is. Assembly took about 2 hours (at a leisurely pace) and four hands were necessary several times. The only I'd make different is the cable holes along the back panel; I have a power regulator on my bottom shelf (fancy surge protector for AV components) and couldn't fit all of the cables through the organizer porthole. No big deal, though. Plenty of room for all my cables on each of the other shelves. I love the glass top especially - it makes a good home for the record player. The other shelves hold my AVR, HTPC, Wii U, Xbone, and PS4. I love this thing so much that I've actually looked up other products from Bush and will certainly buy from them again in the future.