Well, with my recent purchase of a Pioneer BDP-51FD Blu Ray player the ineveitable happened ... I am out of shelf space in my wall unit. The real culprit is my Thorens, which needs a ton of room for the lid to fully open. I am thinking that a wall shelf is probably my best option to free up some room, but I'm not sure what to get. I don't want to spend a ton of cash on one, but I also don't want a P.O.S.. The wall is standard wood stud/drywall construction. Any issues I should be aware of? Any recommendation on which racks to look at, or other options?

Thanks!

I used a wall mount shelf that was originally a TV wall mount bracket (not the angled type ofcourse), it really was just a steel brackets mounted to wall with a lock lip the shelf sat in. We made a bit wider shelf from butcher block and plopped the table on it, what was great was at the time I was in a room above basement so no longer did I havfe to worry about folks jumping, playing with the dog or doing a dance to music. It worked fantastic and looked great too!

For a basic shelf any large heavy steel shelf brackets and a substantial shelf plank will work. See what you can scrounge at Home Depot and Lowes? There are dedicated shelf systems for TTs and they offer additioanal benefits such as sandwiched material for acoustic dampening, etc. But the biggest benefit (like 90%) is to get it mounted to the wall studs with substantial screws or lags.

18mm builders flooring plywood is nice and sturdy for a platform..and varnishes up really well to give a nice top layer grain. how you support it depends ultimately on how far apart the structural timber uprights in your wall are..

spending time getting whatever you use absolutely level front to back and side to side..makes it much easier to level your turntable (especially if it is a 3 point suspended model)

if you have a wide enough alcove....its much less difficult as you can support the shelf on three sides..and costs a minimum of 'usable' floor space

going vertical with your whole audio rig in a corner may also need some thought given to ventilation..but 3 inch computer fans and cheap ac/dc adaptors make an effective solution..