Old Onkyo

Old Onkyo

Audioholic General
What do you all do for wire management. I have BJ CABLE 10 gauge wire. It looks like crap on the floor.

Ideas? Pictures? Thanks.
 
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viorelc

Audioholic Intern
I am fortunate enough to have short runs for my speakers, not to mention they are spec’d at 8 Ohms. If you must have 10 AWG (which can happen for 50ft runs to 2-Ohm speakers), you may want to look into enclosures for the wires. There are a few available at HomeDepot, OfficeDepot or similar, as well as online suppliers for networking equipment and installation. I found such products on Amazon when I looked for networking equipment. Not sure how these would fit into your room style, most have an office or industrial look.


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lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
Zip ties of course are your friend. Search "cable raceways" for some ways to hide. Or do you just want to make them prettier with a covering or something? I tend to just make my wires not visible (unless you look behind the gear....that's not so pretty :) ).
 
WaynePflughaupt

WaynePflughaupt

Audioholic Samurai
Looking at BJ’s 10-ga. offerings, I can see the “looks like crap on the floor” complaint. I wouldn’t have the stuff. I have 10 ga. zip cord with a clear jacket that doesn’t look bad on the floor. Lays down nice and flat.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt
 
davidscott

davidscott

Audioholic Spartan
Zip ties of course are your friend. Search "cable raceways" for some ways to hide. Or do you just want to make them prettier with a covering or something? I tend to just make my wires not visible (unless you look behind the gear....that's not so pretty :) ).
Yeah using zip ties combined with some Velcro can make most cable runs look at least presentable. We always used a combination to wire pcs at my last company.
 
KenM10759

KenM10759

Audioholic Ninja
I'd done it once on my living room system, but get to do it all over again...on two systems. After the new hardwood floors were done being installed, I just threw everything together quickly to get back up & running. Today a couple of Belkin 12 socket surge protector/powerstips will show up and on the weekend I'll start over with Velcro tie wraps and other wire management tools to neaten it up.

It's a mess again, and with cats it can be dangerous. They sometimes chase toys or each other into scary places, and tufts of fur fly. It needs to be "cleanable."
 
GrimSurfer

GrimSurfer

Senior Audioholic
I run 10ga as well, and use two methods to conceal wires.

The first is that rubber floor strip used for office floors, which works in one location because it reasonably matches the tile surrounding my fireplace:

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The second is an home made oak strip, made from two pieces of 1" thick solid oak flooring of the same pattern and vintage of the floors in my home. Basically, I glued and fastened two strips together before bevelling and making dado cuts on my table saw. The dados are big enough for two 10 ga wires to pass underneath.

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I'm reasonably certain that the same thing could be constructed from modern composite veneer flooring, which typically has an MDF underlay. The only thing you'd need to do is use a laminate blade for the bevels and stain one shade lighter (fresh cut MDF takes stain very well, so it tends to react with darker color).

As for back of the rack, previous suggestions wrt Velcro straps make the best sense. Just keep power cords and source/speaker wires separate. If you need to cross them, try to do so at 90 degrees to avoid induction issues.
 
BMXTRIX

BMXTRIX

Audioholic Warlord
While I'm a big fan of zip ties, the reality for me is that unless speakers are going to get swapped out, I will run all my cabling in the walls. Unless you are renting the current place, run the wiring in the walls and then never see any of it. That's as good as it gets in terms of cable management - just hide it completely!

For my family room floor standing speakers, for example, I ended up running the wiring in the basement and cut a hole up through the carpet to feed the speakers from underneath. When they are in place, there is zero wire visibility.

While it depends, very much, on the room you are in, it certainly is a good task to take into deep consideration.
 
John Parks

John Parks

Audioholic Samurai
You need the right cables so you can show them off! Something like this:
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Now available at the low (LOW!) price of $52.5K!
 

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