Yes, it will seal the hole so it doesn't get fuzzy and snagged in the threads. I typically cut Velcro with a hot-knife as well, or the flat spade on soldering irons for the same reason.
The Velcro I got is thinner and finer. I'm getting antsy waiting on the new stand. I ended up just using thumbs tacks and I think it worked out pretty well.
I also started attacking the spaghetti monster, but didn't get it the way I want. I'm gonna wait until the new stand gets here and deal with it then when I have everything apart and do it from scratch.
THIS... is just ridiculous. Cox left way more cable back there than necessary. I'm gonna get a couple new coax connectors and trim this sh!t up. It's taking up a lot of space and making it hard to organize. DTV left a pile there too.
This is what it'll look like with the new stand. Well, those blocks are 3 1/2 thick, so overall the speaker will be a half inch lower.
Come on new entertainment stand!
Actually looks kinda bare now. I might have to find some more gear so it doesn't look so empty...