Surge protector/plugs cable management

[kinger8938]

Hey all!

We had a TV unit that was quite forgiving for me to hide cables underneath/behind.however just decorated the room and have a new unit on the way that stands up on legs so you can see underneath.

Just wondering what people use to make surge protectors and all the plugs/cables look tidy under such units. I see you can get these boxes to put the power strips inside to kind of keep it altogether but they don't quite seem big enough.

Any tips?

Thanks

 

[dlockers]

If you can afford the space to pull the unit forwards, I used these and haven't looked back since.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08D9P8HZC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[D-Ranged]

If you can afford the space to pull the unit forwards, I used these and haven't looked back since.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08D9P8HZC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

We use similar to these at work, the ones we have our slightly chunky though!

 

[theone8181]

I cut down a small bit of hardboard and sprayed it black to make it less noticeable. Unfortunately I think it's just one of those things you have to live with if you have a lot of kit.

 

[hornetstinger]

Cable management can make removing and adding things a pain if it's zip ties etc. with loose cables I can just pull them through easily. If it's behind racking not a problem.

With 9.4.4 there lots of cables. XLR , RCA , coaxial, antimode, minidsp, high passing etc

I did use those velcro zip ties which do tidy it up but if they're behind the racking and want to remove one cable means getting wrist right round.

 

[dlockers]

Cable management can make removing and adding things a pain if it's zip ties etc. with loose cables I can just pull them through easily. If it's behind racking not a problem.

With 9.4.4 there lots of cables. XLR , RCA , coaxial, antimode, minidsp, high passing etc

I did use those velcro zip ties which do tidy it up but if they're behind the racking and want to remove one cable means getting wrist right round.

Any pics? Sounds like a headache

 

[hornetstinger]

yeah it is, if I want to take apart the whole system. Would be even worse if I was bi amping each speaker with monoblocs that would be nuts amount of cables. Or several types, composite, s-video, rgb, component, legacy equipment, tape loops, record/phono stage etc now it's just one HDMI. Luckily most cables pull through sometimes some buggers somehow wrap around like spaghetti in knots.

FYI surge protectors won't protect from worst case scenario strike or brown outs.

 

[JasonM]

I use velcro cable straps. I have 2 x 4 shelf Atacama Eris 2 stands next to each other, the problem is there close to a wall so very difficult to connect cables. To setup cables I strip both stands down, and manage the cables as I rebuild the stands.

Here is a tip: Never run your power cables next to and certainly not touching interconnect cables, RFI from a power cable can effect the signal on an interconnect. Same with speaker cables, keep them away from power lines / power blocks. Often the degradation in sound is very subtle so you won't realise there is an issue, however all the small degradations in sound add up.

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