This low table tries to do two things at once with results both visually striking and functionally unsatisfactory.
The hi-fi components are at shin-barking level; their displays will be difficult to read at this height and their projecting controls will be kicked off easily by a careless passer-by or while vacuum-cleaning the floor. Because the object gives confusing cues about its purpose, the table does not encourage use as a table, ie, a surface on which books, crockery or other heavy items can be dumped carelessly, because we associate electronic equipment with preciousness and breakability.
The design doesn’t appear to allow ventilation to heat-sensitive amplifiers, which are likely to cook in their well-insulated solid wooden case. To make any sound with this product it will be necessary to attach speakers to it by cables, which will snag and trip people when the hi-fi-coffee-table is placed where a table of this height is normally placed: in the centre of the room.
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