Little bit of neatening it up

[KenM10759]

The mess having all the components in one small area, including TV, BR player, receiver, cable box, Vault, turntable, wireless router, sub, center, L-R mains, CD changer, and VCR (yep, still works & wife uses it.)

No possible way I can think of to completely keep power cords, speaker wires & interconnects from crossing each other. At least I got them mostly grouped together according to function using Velcro ties and a little bit of spiral wrap. A couple before and after shots.

From the left and right, behind the AV stand.

Marginally better, but at least I had a chance to vacuum out some dust from installing the TV wall mount that I couldn't get to before.

Sorry for the poor photos, too tired to dig out the good camera and lighting but you get the idea.

 

[Cosmic Char]

No photos...

 

[KenM10759]

I don't understand this. Same method I always use, I'll try uploading here instead.

 

[KenM10759]

There's the before. Now I'll try the after.

 

[KenM10759]

Well, I don't know why embedding the "img" code from Photobucket no longer works here but uploading seems to work. Strange because if I go edit my first post I'm seeing the photos but nothing allows them to show up here. Strange indeed.

 

[speakerman39]

I don't understand this. Same method I always use, I'll try uploading here instead.

That is about how mine looks right now as well. Hope to do something about it too. For starters, I think that I am going to get a new TV stand. If nothing else, I am going to modify the one I have now. Feel your pain Ken.

Cheers,

Phil

 

[speakerman39]

There's the before. Now I'll try the after.

Ken, that certainly looks better. YOU have given me a few ideas of how to clean up my rat's nest.....LOL!!!!

Cheers,

Phil

 

[KenM10759]

Thanks Phil!

I got the Velcro and spiral plastic wrap (seen on the three cables dropping down from the TV) from cableorganizer.com and it worked out well.

Because I have two speaker wires from my rear surrounds coming out of the wall there, I sheathed them together with one length of black (with red highlight) 1/2" TechFlex and didn't even have to remove the banana plugs! Very cool. The 8" Velcro wraps I got (in red, blue, black and purple) were useful. I used red for the 120v. line power, blue for interconnects, black for low power feeds (from transformers) and purple for speaker cables.

I'll spend a little more time on it next weekend to tidy it up even more. I only had about 2 to 2-1/2 hours to give it today and had ripped ever single wire and component out to clean the area and reassemble.

 

[Cosmic Char]

Much improved! And I have a rat's nest bee hive mouse den mess behind my equipment too!

 

[speakerman39]

Thanks Phil!

I got the Velcro and spiral plastic wrap (seen on the three cables dropping down from the TV) from cableorganizer.com and it worked out well.

Because I have two speaker wires from my rear surrounds coming out of the wall there, I sheathed them together with one length of black (with red highlight) 1/2" TechFlex and didn't even have to remove the banana plugs! Very cool. The 8" Velcro wraps I got (in red, blue, black and purple) were useful. I used red for the 120v. line power, blue for interconnects, black for low power feeds (from transformers) and purple for speaker cables.

I'll spend a little more time on it next weekend to tidy it up even more. I only had about 2 to 2-1/2 hours to give it today and had ripped ever single wire and component out to clean the area and reassemble.

Ken, you seem to be pretty good at cabling. Appreciate the info. Lord knows mine is a total rat's nest to say the least. Plan to do something about it though. Just a matter of time and money like all things.....LOL!!! No really Ken, keep up the good work. Those towers look very impressive!

Cheers,

Phil

 

[KenM10759]

Thanks Phil, again. It's been over 35 years, but I think I got some inspiration when I went to work for a machine tool builder (internal and surface grinding machines) and they put me through what was to be a one year training program to be a field service/installation/training rep. Though I was sent out on the road full time in under 9 months, one of the departments I spent a bit of time in was "Panel Wiring."

There they showed me "neatness counts" and color coding. Of course there are no true standards for either but it was good training nonetheless.

As for the speakers, they're really not massive at all. The KEF R500's take up a little deeper floor space, little less width than the stand mount speakers that were there before. They are only 40-1/2" tall as they stand on the plinths, on the carpeting. Get a tape measure out and check, that's just above my navel on me at 5'10" tall. Here's tonight's photo as it is after today. Still a little more work but getting there.

 

[speakerman39]

Thanks Phil, again. It's been over 35 years, but I think I got some inspiration when I went to work for a machine tool builder (internal and surface grinding machines) and they put me through what was to be a one year training program to be a field service/installation/training rep. Though I was sent out on the road full time in under 9 months, one of the departments I spent a bit of time in was "Panel Wiring."

There they showed me "neatness counts" and color coding. Of course there are no true standards for either but it was good training nonetheless.

As for the speakers, they're really not massive at all. The KEF R500's take up a little deeper floor space, little less width than the stand mount speakers that were there before. They are only 40-1/2" tall as they stand on the plinths, on the carpeting. Get a tape measure out and check, that's just above my navel on me at 5'10" tall. Here's tonight's photo as it is after today. Still a little more work but getting there.

I can tell that you have developed some skill. That has come in handy. Very nice set-up. Keep up the good work. YOU are certainly headed in the right direction.

Cheers,

Phil