Since your wife mentioned Pottery Barn (Ethan Allen is another possibility), and since you mentioned that they have nice wood furniture, it appears that your taste and decor is leaning towards wood rather than metal.
One common wood option is a console table. The difficulty that I have found with these is that they're not typically made for larger 36 inch CRT TVs. The table top is not deep enough. Or the shelves below are not large enough for your equipment.
The second common wood option is the larger entertainment centre type of thing. You have a deeper table for larger TV's, and you have shallower equipment racks on either side of the centre table. The problem with these is that the shelves may be too enclosed or too small for serious audiophile gear.
Perhaps these are the issues you're facing. If so, a lot of auidiophile furniture makers do make larger wall unit stands for large screen TV's that is a bit more equipment friendly. However, I have found these to be quite expensive compared to another option, and that's the custom built option.
Take some pictures of the Pottery Barn units that you like, or other similar ones, to a local woodworker. You can then adjust size, shelving, etc. as required. I'll bet that you can get a custom unit, with choice of wood, stain/colour for less than what the audiophile furniture manufacturers charge for their large, wood units.
One common wood option is a console table. The difficulty that I have found with these is that they're not typically made for larger 36 inch CRT TVs. The table top is not deep enough. Or the shelves below are not large enough for your equipment.
The second common wood option is the larger entertainment centre type of thing. You have a deeper table for larger TV's, and you have shallower equipment racks on either side of the centre table. The problem with these is that the shelves may be too enclosed or too small for serious audiophile gear.
Perhaps these are the issues you're facing. If so, a lot of auidiophile furniture makers do make larger wall unit stands for large screen TV's that is a bit more equipment friendly. However, I have found these to be quite expensive compared to another option, and that's the custom built option.
Take some pictures of the Pottery Barn units that you like, or other similar ones, to a local woodworker. You can then adjust size, shelving, etc. as required. I'll bet that you can get a custom unit, with choice of wood, stain/colour for less than what the audiophile furniture manufacturers charge for their large, wood units.