Whats the best way to hide home theater speaker wires?
January 22, 2010 by
Filed under home theatre furniture
I have a home theater system and I want to hang some speakers on the walls but the problem is, is that the speaker wires hang from the bottom and I have a white wall. It looks ugly like if ACTUALL wires were hanging out of the walls. What would be the best way to hide the wires?
Also, I CANNOT PUT FURNITURE TO COVER UP THE WIRES.
PS: I already bought the home speaker set for a ton of cash, and I’m sure not as hell planning to return or buy some different set.
you should try using trim, like they have on the bottom of walls. look for one that has a groove in it, then just put it on the wall in the corner and run the wires through the groove and into the carpet seam.
( and no need to emphasize actual, how would it look like fake wires were hanging out.)
You can get paintable wire tunnels (or whatever they’re called) that will hide the wires moreso than letting them just hang.
If your walls are accessible you may be able to string them through the walls themselves.
If the area is carpeted and there are baseboards you can stuff the wire in the gap between the carpet and the baseboard. I did this with a screwdriver. Watch out for the tack strip cuz the nails are sharp!
If you have drywall you can drill holes and feed the wires behind the wall. You can use nice mounting plates (like they do for tv antennas) so it looks professional.
If you can’t get behind the wall then you are a bit limited. If you buy special flat cable in a color to match the wall, then you can fix it so it isn’t very noticeable.
Or you can mount on the ceiling or on floor stands, so that you don’t have to run cables up or down the wall.
This is a major thing with home theater installations. People seem to pretend that it isn’t a problem, but to me it’s always the first thing I worry about!
Let us know what you decide.
I put my surrounds on the floor facing up on either side of the couch. It’s nice because they mostly just do environmental effects as it is, and this way their sounds reflect off the ceiling back down on the listener. It’s also nice because then you wouldn’t have wires running up the walls.
If you don’t have a wall to run the wires through you can toss a couple of area rugs/throw rugs on top of the wires.
go through your attic