How much space do I need for a typical receiver?

[Born2bwire]

I'm looking to order a half way decent TV stand as part of a larger set. I want to make sure though that the shelves will be large enough to accommodate a home theater receiver. I don't have one at the moment but intend to purchase one in the near future.

Can anyone tell me what are the typical dimensions that I would need? I can get the dimensions for examples off of Amazon but I'd like to be sure, especially with the amount of clearance I would need for cables. I'm worried because the furniture examples I have are 17.5" deep while the receivers I see on Amazon are 17" deep. I can get the stands made deeper as it's made to order.

 

[Anubis]

id get at least 20 inches, 2 feet is better
HDMI cables will stick out 2-3 inches before you can start to bend them

 

[Born2bwire]

id get at least 20 inches, 2 feet is better
HDMI cables will stick out 2-3 inches before you can start to bend them

Sigh. Odd, the TV stands that I see on Best Buy are the same nominal depth but I guess they get away with it since they are open backed where as the ones that I am looking at are closed in the back so you lose an inch or two.

 

[Anubis]

yea thats most likely why, i actually just measured my AVR and its only 15 for the chassis, the speaker connectors stick out another inch or so , you could prob get away with a 18 inches if the AVR was small enough but seeing as you are going to have a closed back i would err on the side of caution

they do make angled HDMI adapters that can shorten the distance they stick out of the back by making them go Up/down or right/left

just google for them

 

[Born2bwire]

yea thats most likely why, i actually just measured my AVR and its only 15 for the chassis, the speaker connectors stick out another inch or so , you could prob get away with a 18 inches if the AVR was small enough but seeing as you are going to have a closed back i would err on the side of caution

they do make angled HDMI adapters that can shorten the distance they stick out of the back by making them go Up/down or right/left

just google for them

That's an idea. But I was already thinking on getting another inch of depth and I think I may have been misreading the dimensions on Amazon. Best Buy explicitly states which measurement is the height, width and depth and it seems I was mixing the width and depth. So that gives another two inches usually.

So I think 3.5" should be good clearance. Now I just need to figure out what height I want the stand to be for a 55" TV. The one I like is 30" but I think that may be too high.

 

[Anubis]

you generally want your eyes to be around center, measure eye level when sitting on your sofa or whatever and go from there. mines around 30 + the TV stand height, not ideal but it is what is it

 

[Born2bwire]

you generally want your eyes to be around center, measure eye level when sitting on your sofa or whatever and go from there. mines around 30 + the TV stand height, not ideal but it is what is it

Yeah. I just measured it out in my living room and I think that extra 6" can be annoying with that large of a screen. Too bad, I liked the TV stand and it was all of a set with the rest of the living room set. I'll have to see what I can find i the 24" range.

 

[iRONic]

Just a heads up; some AVRs don't like the closed in shelves due to a lack of airflow for cooling.

You could drill/cut the back or add an external fan.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Just a heads up; some AVRs don't like the closed in shelves due to a lack of airflow for cooling.

You could drill/cut the back or add an external fan.

AC/DC converter with silent 4" PC cooling fans. Works awesome.

Receivers need a few inches on top for cooling. A tall receiver might be 8" unless you go very expensive. So, 10" is safe for height. Depths are all over the place. The only standard is width.