Who has the biggest mess?

BullShifter
BullShifter Posts: 66
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
Post photo's of your wiring mess

Behind audio
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Behind PC
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Hopefully by next weekend I can post the "after" pic's of how it should look.
HK AVR 335
Polk R50 fronts
Polk CSi25 center
Polk R15 rear
2 Sony modded subs with 12" Daytons
32" Sharp Aquos
PS2
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,756
    edited February 2006
    Hmm...

    Its actually alot neater than the pictures make it look.

    The DVDP, VCR, XBox : Power and Patch Cables are all twisty tied together and routed together away from the amp, pre, cdp - same goes for the cable cable...

    The Amp, pre, CDP, SUB power cables are all routed together.

    The XLR and speaker wire cables share the same hole on the back of the TV stand, the patch cables from the CDP to the preamp are isolated from everything - in other words, everything in the main components are isolated from everything "grunt"
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited February 2006
    I have so much in cables, that I like to keep em out where I can see em..!!!

    J/K

    I`ll get some pic`s later
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,756
    edited February 2006
    Ive seen a guy... who put his equipment rack in the middle of his room so he could look at all his cables and show them off...

    I wish I had a picture of it...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    Bull I clicked just below your picture.. where is says.. report this message if this is offensive.. so i did. :p


    bad man.



    Hey nearly everyone has some kind of snake pit behind at least one of their systems... i know i do.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    This was when I disconnected my old system (to clean everything up). I feel like this picture doesn't do the rat's nest justice, honestly.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited February 2006
    Are you guys trying to kill dan?
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2006
    One of the best 'tweaks' in the world for getting a silent background is cable dressing.

    Now get busy you pigs...
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,198
    edited February 2006
    Hey guys, I'm assuming some of these photo's are from HT set-ups? No way in hell my 2-ch could have that many wires. Although I just looked behind my TV and it ain't pretty. Mostly because of all the long cable TV coax and long interconnect cables from DVDp and VCR. It makes it look much worse than it is. Cable management is key for ultra good sound, plus it just plain looks like you care ;) . So clean up those rats nests :D .

    H9
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited February 2006
    I don't feel so bad now looking at those pics. :p

    I have kinda given up on having everything neat back there. I do the best I can and try to get well shielded stuff.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2006
    Never met a system yet that couldn't be dressed correctly--just takes a little planning and a **** load of cable ties/cable tie mounts (Radio Shack).

    Get digital/analog/AC/speaker away from each other bundle loosely when needed. Try to let them hang without bundling if you can (like AC cords hanging down a vertical rack). It's harder with horizontal racks, but can be done. All of my ac cords run straight down from the component, and then is tucked under the rack, routed to the panamax. AC is at least 8" away from my speaker cables. I order my RCA cables to the proper length so there's not alot of loose cabling. My pre to amp is .5mtr; DAC to pre .5mtr; CDP to DAC 2ft; everything else is 1mtr.

    Next, I'm gonna have Signal Cable make me some custom length AC cords, then, when I'm REALLY bored, I'm going to replace my Kimber 8TC 8ft set with a 6ft set.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2006
    I've tried to keep it "clean", but as components are added it gets more and more difficult....it does not look good right now...

    This "rack" has:

    HT:
    Receiver, DVD player and Tivo; Output to 7.1

    2 Channel:
    1 pre amp
    2 CD players (One single disc, one 5 discs)
    1 DAC (used for the CD changer)
    2 amps (one for SDA's, one for Atrium's in the backyard).
    1 power conditioner


    Lots of cables :)
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited February 2006
    I gota get a picture of mine in here.
    I used to feel bad but now I wana show off.
    Sort of.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    My HT rig, front and back... the beauty of solid back cabinets is they hide a multitude of sins. Plus the gear is all in a room apart form the listening area.

    Now if I can just get my CD collection under control...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2006
    Micah would say P. North. ;)
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2006
    I'm kinda put to shame here. My system looks worse than any of these, and that is on the front side. As for the back, I've lost whole sets of interconnects, tubes, a DVM and a table lamp that I have never found back there. :eek:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    i try and keep all my cable runs as short as possible.. except the speaker wires... so i can move them around later if needed. but IC's, video cables, etc... i only buy them in the length that i need.. nothing extra to clutter it up.
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  • gshisme
    gshisme Posts: 1,038
    edited February 2006
    madmax wrote:
    As for the back, I've lost whole sets of interconnects, tubes, a DVM and a table lamp that I have never found back there. :eek:
    madmax


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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    madmax wrote:
    I'm kinda put to shame here. My system looks worse than any of these, and that is on the front side. As for the back, I've lost whole sets of interconnects, tubes, a DVM and a table lamp that I have never found back there. :eek:
    madmax

    I gotta say, that's about the third thing I've read on this forum that's made me laugh out loud. You gotta post a pic!

    LOL
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