Surround Sound wiring of living room

AMO · 2006-09-22T10:22:35+00:00

I recently bought some of this to wire my house for surround sound home cinema: didn't realise that good grade speaker wiring would be so thick and therefore putting it under my laminate flooring is now out of the question.I had a friend come round and give me some advice on how I would get the wiring from one end of the room to another without the wiring trailing the floor etc.Both wires have to go down the same walls as the room is L shaped and taking one set of wires down the L shape would make the route very long and have to pass over the main door. However, taking both thick wires down the other side makes it very difficult to hide or put under the beading.My friend suggested drilling a hole out the building and passing the wiring around the building and drilling another hole to get it passed back in. This seems like a good idea.Just want to ask a few questions though....1) I assume I need to have some additional outer cable holder to protect the stereo wiring as it is passed outside the house? What is this called? Will I be able to find one to hold the 8 shaped wire above? Will I be able to find one that holds 2 stereo wires at the same time or should I be looking to protect the seperately?2) Will there be any problems with passing stereo wires outside of the house?3) Is there anything else I should be aware of or buy to ensure this goes smoothly?ThanxAMO

Sep 22, 2006 25 Replies

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Clive George 19 years ago

At a guess, it's an overpriced 'audiophile' cable. Whatever you do, don't pay more than you did for your fat gale cable.

(for an extreme example, try Russ Andrews :-) )

cheers, clive

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AMO 19 years ago

Thanx for that clive and to all else who replied! ;0)

AMO

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. 19 years ago

LOL hardly audiophile, certainly not expensive.

he really ought to but I suppose it depends what's being driven, by what.

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Owain 19 years ago

Jaysus, I've seen electric showers run on thinner wire than that!

Owain

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. 19 years ago

prolly sounded better, too ;-)

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The Medway Handyman 19 years ago

only a mile away! I've ordered a catalouge.

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