Dressing up hole without using plate

[jbruno]

OK here is my situation.

I am running speaker wire from one end of the room to another. I am using banana plugs and cooresponding wall plate at the source. However, I will be hanging Orb speakers from the ceiling in the back of the room and will only have a couple of inches of wire coming throught the hole in the wall to the speakers.

Instead of conneting the wire to a wall plate then banana wiring the speakers to the wall plate I would like to just run the wire out of the wall to the speaker. The wire will be practically hidden behind the speaker.

My question is.... Is there a way to "dress up" the hole in the wall from the speakers wire in lieu of getting the wall plate? A grommet or something else?

Thank you,

 

[Bryce_H]

I would buy blank electrical/light switch plates (have no holes in them) and drill a hole slightly larger than the speaker wire, paint them the same color as your ceiling and use those. That's what I have done in my home theater.

 

[ca_newbee]

Yep, I've done the same and its looks okay

 

[MDS]

Rather than buying a blank wall plate and drilling a hole, why not buy the type of wall plate that has a single circular hole already in it? Those plates are for a single coax connection (the cable with the F connector for cable from the wall).

 

[markw]

Spackle and paint.

 

[jbruno]

TY for the replies. I was really trying to avoid a plate altogether but did not want to spackle/paint and have just a wire coming out of the wall. Rather, I may just spackle/paint and put some sort of gromet (painted same as wall) that will keep the wire from falling back into the wall, dresses up the wire/wall, but is generally unabtrusive.

Any other deas?

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

How about a self tapping vinyl wall anchor? You can screw it into the ceiling, then carefully drill out the center large enough for the speaker wire.

 

[satking]

Why not just push the wire thru the drywall at the desired location, connect it to the speaker and then push the extra back into the hollow wall and attach the speaker to the wall

 

[TheLaw]

If the speaker will hide the hole, then nothing probably needs to be done. To take stress off of the wire, I would either strap it to the wall with a wire clamp or get removeable putty(don't remember the exact name but it is like playdough for filling holes. Waterproof and everything). Just my opinion.

 

[jbruno]

Actually, the speaker mount covers the hole great and the Orbs look fantastic.

Thanks all,

 

[coach2win]

can you send us some pics ?
looking to buy some orbs and want to see how it will look( rears on back wall just below ceiling)
thanks

 

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