Wall Amplifier

Wall Shelf - Advantages of Having More Space

You know, I’ve installed plenty of wall shelves in my time. For one reason or another, the convenience of having more space to place things in a room in an orderly fashion will bring about a feeling of peaceful bliss. Your surroundings will be so well organized that you will want to jump up for joy!

What I am going to do here is give you examples of what people I know have done with wall shelf to take advantage of limited space. I’m hoping this will give you some ideas of the useful intentions of wall shelving.

My first example is what my friend Tony did with wall shelf in his living room. Tony and his wife Jennifer own a home in upstate New York. This three bedroom, two and one half bath ranch home has a living room with a fireplace in the middle of the wall on the far end of the room. Tony and Jennifer have been collecting limited edition crystal figurines for the last 15 years.

At first, when the collection was small, they displayed them on the coffee table and end tables in their living room. As time went on and the collection got larger and larger, these beautiful crystals needed a place dedicated to this collection.

With no room for a large curio cabinet, Tony had an idea. He took one look at the wall space above the fireplace and right away he thought of wall shelves.

After searching all over online, Tony and Jennifer decided to go with a floating glass shelf system called the “Wave.” This curved glass comes in sections 24 inches wide by 8 inches deep. With these wavy glass shelves you can assemble them in a wave for as wide as you want to go by adding another 24 inch shelf side by side.

Tony and Jennifer decided to go with two six foot long shelves above the fireplace. The shelves were about 18 inches above each other. They were able to display their entire collection of crystal figurines and the living room looked spectacular.

My other friends John and Gina turned their family room into their entertainment room. On one wall they had a 60 inch flat panel TV. Below the TV was a solid oak wall mount shelf open cabinet. The cabinet itself had two shelves to accommodate their CD and DVD collection.

Sitting on top of this shelving cabinet was the receiver/amplifier for their home theater along with the subwoofer of the audio system. In all four corners of the room are Architectural Elements corner wall shelves of honey oak. These corner wall shelves are about 2/3 of the way up the wall corners with the other speakers of the home theater system sitting on them. When I watched a movie with them, it was like being in a movie theater.

My last example for making more room with wall shelves is over at the home of my neighbor down the street. This is the home of Bruce and Maurine. They have a recreation room in their basement. On one side of the room is a pool table. On the other side of the room is a ping pong table.

Along with their two children, Shauna 12 years old and Michael 14 years old, Bruce and Maurine are very much into sports. Shauna is on the figure skating team at the local rink. Michael plays on the local little league baseball team in the summer and on the hockey team at the local rink during the winter. Both Bruce and Maurine are on separate bowling leagues.

To say the least, over the past few years, trophies have accumulated in their home. It got to the point that there was no place designated to display all their trophies.

Maurine had an idea. There was a lot of open wall space in the basement recreation room. Why not put up a large shelf on each wall? So after searching online for a little while, Maurine found the perfect solution to their trophy displaying problem.

What Maurine did was to install the Vertigo 4 piece shelf set in Java which is a dark coffee colored wood. This 4 piece set added enough room to all four walls of the recreation room to more than adequately supply space for the entire family’s trophy collection.

Wall shelf not only provides more space to display your prized possessions, you will also enjoy a form of wall furniture that provides a comfortable warm feeling inside. Take a look at all the artful styles of wall shelves and you are sure to find a style that will make you feel good inside.

About the Author

Barbara Tobiasz is an expert in interior/exterior decorating. Along with her husband Joe, they own and operate Wall-Decor-Concepts.com. For more information on Wall Shelf, go to: http://www.Wall-Decor-Concepts.com

VHT Special 6 Ultra Combo

Coming up to nearly 2 decades, VHT have proven to be an unbeatable force in the small manufacturing market of amps that delivers quality to their market segment.

Known for their versatility, the VHT brand have aspired to be better than the rest of the manufacturers known as "boutiques" in the market place.

Their handwired tube amps are unmistakable and certainly up there with the cream of the crop. They provide beautiful tones with an elegant style, not to mention they sound like they have the balls of an elephant!

The VHT Special 6 Ultra Combo is proving to be a force when it comes to combo amps on the market today. This is probably most due to the combination of the continuous rising of the VHT brand and the Special 6 series itself, as well as the variety and huge selection of controls that the Combo provides compared to its rivals.

Much like the Special 6 Ultra Head, this puppy has the ability to crank out a huge wall of sound at your local venue, as well as be quiet enough so as not to wake your flat mate when you come home from a gig and just need to keep playing! Not only that, but the way in which it delivers the tone through that power is tuely spectacular. I really have a big soft spot for this combo.

Put simply, this amp has amazing gain capabilities with really broad tones. I love the crunch you can get when you really crank it up, but the clean tones are just as compelling when you want them as well.

The guys at VHT have done a more than spectacular job on many amplifiers over the years, and the Special 6 series for me would have to be one of their absolute standouts.

The verdict - it’s popular for a reason, it’s an excellent combo with heaps of capability. For more reviews, go to Amp Critic

For my IPOD, what type of amplifier should I get (if I should get one)?

The house I bought has a ceiling with four built-in speakers. I don’t know if they are “self-amplified” or not. I would like to connect my IPOD to them via four sets of banana sockets in the room’s wall. I’ve been told I will probably need an amplifier with four sets of outputs. What specifications should I look for in an amplifier, to make sure I don’t cause a fire in the speakers or my IPOD?

Your ceiling speakers are not self powered (the banana connectors show that they are just normal speakers in need of an amp).

Any stereo receiver should work just fine. Most will have the ability to connect four speakers.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8254612&st=stereo+receiver&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1169512582154

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6305241&st=stereo+receiver&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1076628923551

You will need some short lengths of speaker wire to connect each speaker output on the receiver to the banana jacks on the wall. You will also need a 3.5mm to RCA cable to connect the ipod to a spare pair of RCA inputs on the receiver. That's it.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021804&p_id=665&seq=1&format=2

Lack-based wall mounted speakers (Ikea Hacker)

Ikea Hacker

T. Wall - 'Amp - Bottle - Water'