BDI Mirage 8222, Enclosed A/V Tower ( Satin Black with Black Glass Top)

This is a well designed and made component cabinet. Seems better made then some of the other cabinets at the same price point which need assembled. Comes fully assembled and was packaged well. The gentleman who delivered put it right where it needed to be in the house.Its holding my sub-woofer, surround sound receiver, UPS unit and home theater PC perfectly. Definitely recommend.

I love this cabinet.Construction is solid and sturdy. The door is an attractive tinted glass that allows IR remotes to pass through. The sides are flat black. As pictured, there are several slots around the base to run wire through or allow air to flow through. I don't know what material the cabinet is made of (composite? plastic? wood? MDF?), but it's very solid.The rear panel has a removable center, and plenty of openings to allow cooling air flow or wiring if you're not concerned with neatness. I'd actually call the rear panel more of a skeleton than a panel, but it is still a panel with more solid spaces than open.Though the rear center is removable, there is some minor obstruction to the bottom shelf, and the top shelf if it's set high enough. I call this minor because a lot of it can still be accessed with a little extra effort. I set the receiver/amp on a center shelf and have no trouble accessing the cabling to/from it. I set the HTPC on the top shelf, and just have HDMI, network, and power running to it, so not a lot of cables needing to be reached there. A DVD player would be even less. Bottom line, put the less-wired devices in these positions.The front door is easily reversible (I reversed mine in about 5 minutes). The hinges have several different adjustment points, and I was able to set it to close perfectly level and even. The door itself seems to be a little bowed, so there's a hair of difference in the center gap along the vertical side, but it's very minor.The cabinet is heavy, and the wheels apparently only go straight, which is annoying.The shelves are not held up by cheap dowel inserts in drilled holes, but rather screws with extra large shouldered heads with two rubber o-ring's to cushion the shelf. I was impressed that each shelf support (4-per shelf) were so well designed and sturdy. The shelves themselves have notches to rest on these screw heads, which prevents them from sliding around, leaving a sufficient gap in the rear to drape cabling inside the cabinet for neatness. The shelves are also likely to never vibrate from a device with a fan, such as a PC or amp.Great cabinet, I recommend it if you're building a nice home theatre and need a user-accessible place for the equipment.

Overall well-designed and constructed. Generally as described except for a few issues: 1. The 'open back' or 'removable back' is not all that open. There is a structural frame on the back which will block access to the bottom shelf (where one would logically keep their heavy and highly-connect eqpt.), so access is very obstructed. The removable piece fits within this frame. 2. The casters do not pivot/swivel; they only move forward and back. 3. My unit came with a few cracks on the back but these seem more cosmetic than structural; Amazon rectified the problem. 4. Can't seem to get the door straight. Shouldn't have these issues with $1000 cabinet.

Pros: Its a solid product. I brought it to store equipment for a home theater setup. It looks great! It looks like it was made to match the piano black B & W speakers and other equipment I purchased for this home theater installation.Cons: The delivery company. I order this under Amazon Prime, two-day delivery. This product was delivered about two or more days late, so it missed my installers. I had to keep calling the company to inquire about the delivery. They kept telling me it was out for delivery and it never arrived. I finally called Amazon and that same night, someone in a pickup truck pulled in my driveway at 7:30 PM. The driver asked me for help to get the item in my front door. After being late, outside his delivery window, and requiring help getting the product inside my front door, I expected more assistance with this hugh box; however, he stated delivery inside the front door was all he was required to do. If I had another source for this product, I would have refused this delivery and took it up with Amazon later. I reviewed the paperwork and discovered this was a two person job but only one small guy in a red pickup truck showed up. I guess I was expecting something more during the holiday season and to make up for the very poor customer service.

While I love this rack I must admit that at $1,000. I think a fair price for this BDI unit would be about around $700.The unit ships assembled which seems odd; there's really no reason to do this and I'm sure this only adds to shipping and production cost.The Door and Top are glass. I love how the door has a slow close feature.The unit is a bit bigger than I thought and I wish they made a unit that was one shelf smaller. I removed the wheels to lower the unit since I won't ever move it more than a few inches.Overall I like the design and quality but I wish it was less expensive.