Wire management difficulties

okiepolkie

Reading one of the responses in Audiobliss's thread reminded me of a wire management issue I've been running into on a regular basis.

For most of installations, each component(other than speakers) is stacked in a vertical collumn. This works out very well usually, since most components offer similar footprints, however there are some inherent problems.

My problem comes when I try to arrange the power wires, audio/video cables, and speaker cables into separate bundles.

The power cables for the top two components might come out the left side.
The power cable for the middle component might come out on the right side.
The power cable for the bottom component might come out the left side again.
The A/V cables do not align themselves in a vertical fashion, requiring even more confusion.
I can live with speaker wire, since it only comes out of one component.

Trying to keep everything neat, while staying at right angles, gets frustrating when things are on different sides.

I would like to think there is a simple solution. So far I haven't fount it.

OK, venting done. Back to your irregular unscheduled program....

audiobliss

Hmm. Maybe I should use zip ties and zealously route all my cables on different sides of the table. I really don't think that's the cause of my hum, but I might do it...

amulford

I try to keep the pwoer close to the rack and leave room behind to loop out the signal...

okiepolkie

I use quite a few zip ties, as well as other mangement ties. The power close to the rack, with loops out is good if there is a lot of room behind the rack, however, I usually don't have as much room as I'd like in most installations.

univera

okiepolkie wrote:

Reading one of the responses in Audiobliss's thread reminded me of a wire management issue I've been running into on a regular basis.

For most of installations, each component(other than speakers) is stacked in a vertical collumn. This works out very well usually, since most components offer similar footprints, however there are some inherent problems.

My problem comes when I try to arrange the power wires, audio/video cables, and speaker cables into separate bundles.

The power cables for the top two components might come out the left side.
The power cable for the middle component might come out on the right side.
The power cable for the bottom component might come out the left side again.
The A/V cables do not align themselves in a vertical fashion, requiring even more confusion.
I can live with speaker wire, since it only comes out of one component.

Trying to keep everything neat, while staying at right angles, gets frustrating when things are on different sides.

I would like to think there is a simple solution. So far I haven't fount it.

OK, venting done. Back to your irregular unscheduled program....

Have you tried cable risers?:eek: :eek: Sorry, couldn't help myself.....

schwarcw

I try and run all the power cables down the sides and the interconnects and speaker cables in between. Sounds good in theory but it's not always feasible.

unc2701

The last rack I built, I made the shelves a little deeper than they needed to be and screwed in these vertical posts (can't remember what they're called, but you can find them in the furniture hardware section of HD/ lowes)... they've got a screw one end, attached to a long unthreaded post, then a screw head.

Anyhow, I put in three on each shelf sticking straight up- the ones on the left & right I put pretty close to the sides of the rack. So you run power to one side, audio to the other & video down the middle, for example. Oh and cable tie the crap outta everything They'll cross on their own shelf, but at least you can get them all sorted.

Two disclaimers:
1)Didn't do much good once I got to the AVR
2)I didn't really notice any improvement in SQ, just less rat's nest.