Cable management

"Hanging all over the place" is probably better, from an electrical point of view, than neatly bundled together. Just keep signal wires away from power. If neatness is the prime requirement, use plastic wire ties (at Radio Shack or the local hardware store).

Wire ties...various sizes available at hardware, electronics, and auto supply stores. As Thedautch said, keep power cords separate from speaker cables and I.C.'s!

Lots of racks have cable management systems. Some great looking ones are form Bell'o and bdiusa.com. Great selections and great designs.

One other comment. If you have to have power cords near ICs then make sure they cross at right angles or as close as possible to this. Having the cords at right angles (perpendicular) to each other reduces, if not elimimates EMF (electromagnetic force).

You could always buy some flex tubing (home depot). My management system is a mix of my racks management, aalong with TieWraps, and flex tubing.

Here in a couple months im going to beuild myself a new audio rack, ive got a wire management system fogured out where the IC's and power never cross paths.

Cable management is a pain in the butt, its almost enough to make me go with a straight 2channel system. Almost..