This is a beautiful piece of furniture but very unstable.  The design is too shallow for the height and consequently wobbled even without the TV on it.  And this was on Berber carpet.  On a plusher carpet, it would probably be even worse.  My husband was concerned enough that he actually attached a cable from the back of the cabinet to the wall as we knew it wouldn't take much for it to topple over. 

The other problem was that the shelves were too shallow to entirely fit our stereo equipment.  The equipment itself fit, but not the connections and cords that protrude from the back.  Thankfully my husband is handy and had the proper tools to cut out parts of the backing in order to accommodate our CD player and turntable.  Otherwise, the cabinet doors would not close. Instead of just sliding the unit into place and connecting everything, it took us several hours. 

I love the look of the piece.  It's beautiful but not entirely functional due to these two serious design flaws.