Leslie Dame High Capacity Oak Veneer Multimedia Storage Rack, Black

Was running out of room in my small office/game room and figured I'd pick up a small wall unit/media storage to display my retro gaming collection. After researching a bunch I decided to go with this one even though it was the most expensive out of them all but had really good ratings vs the others. I must say I'm very pleased with it! Assembly was simple. Just screw in a few anchors, push in a few dowels and put it all together. The cam locks were already in the wood. No need to have to push them all in yourself. NOTE: The center shelves you install in the first couple steps, make sure the side with the holes for the screws are facing the back since the back board screws into them. Wasn't till I went to screw in the panels that I realized I had the one shelf facing incorrectly. Had to flip it around. Overall though, will only take about 20 mins or so to assemble. The back boards were nice one piece boards for each side. Just a matter of getting them in the slots and sliding them in. Easier with 2 people probably but managed myself. There was a little bit of damage on each panel near the one end but it will be hidden so I don't really care. I'm pleased with the quality over all. Looks very nice once put together. Love the depth of it. I didn't want anything coming out too far since the room is small and I didn't want to look/feel bulky in the room. The base of the unit comes out 9.5" from the wall its against and the front face of the frame/shelves only 7". It's perfect in my room and displays everything nicely that I had trouble finding space for elsewhere in the room I was also concerned with how much the cases would stick out from the shelves and I'm also satisfied with that. Sega Genesis/Master System cases come almost to the edge of the shelf. Sega Saturn cases go over by 1/2". CD cases about a 1/4". PS2/DVD cases just a tiny scosh over the edge. I love the recessed grooves to hold the shelves in place. Stick the little metal rods in the holes and the shelves cover them up. Makes the whole unit just look claner not seeing those little shelf holders at the bottom of the shelves...which you wouldn't see anyway standing in front of it but sitting down i can see under a couple shelves and its nice to see it clean. Overall I'm very happy with the wall unit! 5 stars for quality. If there was a rating for price I'd give it 4 stars though. a penny shy of $200 seems a tiny bit overpriced for it...i could see it costing 99.99 to 129.99 max but whatever. It looked the nicest out of all the ones I looked at. But now that I think about it, the little touches like pre-installed cam locks, recessed grooves in the shelves to hide shelf mounts and one piece panels that nicely matched the look of the wood without just being a folded mess like I've seen on some units...i guess I could see where the extra cost comes over the cheaper 99.99 to 129.99 ones I've seen online or in Best Buy. Sturdiness is fine on it too. Of course if its not flush against a wall it will move a little if you push it but its fine. Only suggestion to the company would be to add round stickers that matched the wood color/grain to cover up the exposed cam-locks...or at least sell with black cam-locks. That's the end of my review...I must now go admire my new little display and figure out how to add some RGB lighting to it :)

Very nice shelves for the money. A step up from the usual cheap media shelves. Arrived double boxed so everything was protected during shipping. The weight is a little intimidating when you first get the delivery, but the unit was surprisingly easy to assemble and they give you more shelves than you will use if you use things for anything other than cds. I took the advice of an earlier review and used a bit of wood glue on the ends of the supplied dowels. Sturdy and solid. They look more expensively made than they are. I have it set up for half the shelves for my cd music collection and the other half for my dvds/blue rays. The black wood veneer again is a step up from the vinyl covered pressboard you usually see on the cheaper units. I'm glad I spent a bit more to go with a quality product. This is just what I was looking for. I would enthusiastically purchase again,

I don't write reviews often but the manufacturing quality of this product was something special. First off it was boxed inside another reinforced box for shipment and arrived entirely undamaged: not a dent, not a ding, not a scratch. The base wood is fiberboard but the real wood veneers are well done and cover all the surfaces but the back, which is a printed veneer and the reason for the one star deduction. The real treat, however, was how precisely this piece was made and how easily it went together. There are lots of holes that have to line up EXACTLY, and they all did. The quality of the hardware seems well above average. The assembly instructions take a bit of puzzling out but once I got going the piece went together easily and without drama in about 90 minutes (the reviewer who says it only took 15 must be The Flash from the old comic books, I couldn't even unpack the box in 15 minutes). Anyway the finished product is exactly as pictured, everything fits precisely and it looks very good except for the printed veneer back which will become less and less an issue as I fill the shelves, and I guess that's the point. The case and shelves themselves look like real wood with no seams or glue lines. It's a very solid build. And a nice feature is the maker includes an extra piece of most of the important hardware parts in case of miscount, but I didn't need them. BTW although the picture shows 7 shelves plus the base 9 shelves are actually provided. Overall I'm extremely pleased, especially for the price.