So it turns out it actually takes way longer to relocate a home theater system with 7 speakers, a receiver, a dvd player, a cable box, and a TV than I thought it would. We probably should have started before 11pm, but about 2 hours later, we were done. And starving, but unwilling to eat since it was so late.
Of course, if the components had fit into the cabinet and allowed the doors to close, then it would have eliminated the extra step of removing the rear panel of the cabinet by "sawing" part of it off with our drill. We had to kind of make a ton of holes along the line we wanted to cut in order to perforate it, and then snap it apart. The whole time, I was just really glad I was not our neighbors.
We were cracking up as we tried to unplug and lay down the wires in an organized way so that it would be easier to reconnect them once we got the new cabinet into place. We'd unplug a random wire that was in the way and say something to the effect of, "okay, just rememer, this one goes to the receiver," and then we would both lose it as we realized the futility of trying to remember which wire went where. I don't think this photo does justice to the massive tangled web of wires we had to work with.
We have everything set up now but we still have a wire issue since they are now all bunched up on the floor. Container Store, here I come.
Here is one more view of the setup.
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