I inherited a number of pieces of equipment that took a few minutes of studying before I plugged them all into the receiver. It's old enough that it doesn't have buttons with names for the things I have plugged into them, but even for it's age, it is a good design, excellent sound, and well-thought-out. But the spaghetti is really something.

My plan is to design a cabinet and build it myself. The key to the whole thing will be the base, wide enough to be stable, but set on sturdy castors or wheels. I'll build a skirting around it of some sort so it will simply appear to have a clearance of an inch or so off of the floor. The reason for this? So I can turn the darned thing around to plug in all of the wires! This fishing around the back with a flashlight is a killer! (Maybe I'll sell my plans to Norm of The Old Yankee Workshop and make a little something on my design, eh?)

SRS