Comments on: Whats the best way to hide home theater speaker wires?

By: aplianceboy

aplianceboy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:11:34 +0000

go through your attic

By: Bubba

Bubba — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:52:30 +0000

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.

By: hangfire

hangfire — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:17:21 +0000

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.

By: Jacko

Jacko — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:04:56 +0000

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!

By: sporregar

sporregar — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:14:08 +0000

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.

By: watch out for those noobacabras

watch out for those noobacabras — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:33:31 +0000

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.)