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Cables under the rug.....

I have researched the topic with some vigor and know about almost all of my options regarding wiretracks, corner molding, etc.

My question is more fundamental: What do I do to bury cables at a door threshold. The room is carpeted...and I have traditionally cut the padding and tape(d) the wires down...and then carpeted over the lot.

I have a signifigant amount of cable---rgb, straightwire meastro interconnects, speaker cables (synergistic), and a few others...so there is a sh*#load of cables.....

I would prefer another method as, eventaully, the foot traffic will wear on the wires AT THE THRESHOLD.

I've got the rest of the run covered.

Thanks for your advice in advance.

Erik
yesfan
aball
2,018 posts
 
My HT buddies run their wires through the ceiling. I don't know if you can do that but it is an option in some cases.

Arthur
wwshull
157 posts
 
i would not run your cables under the rug. the idea is to get them off of the rug. you have so much power running through those cables from the amp the rug will interfeir with the electrical flow and the idea is to get the electricity from one end of the calbe to the other with no interruption the rug will stop this from happening and degrade your sound. what about under the house.
rouvin
26 posts
 
Thresholds can be easily removed, modified by routing space for some cable(s), and replaced; or a new threshold can be purchased, routed, etc. Any decent carpenter or many lumber yards could easily do this. Cables can be run around the perimeter of the room under the wall moulding, if it is thick enough, to keep them a bit away from the carpet. All of this likely requires very long (and expensive)cable runs, and, if the accounts of the deleterious sonic effects of modern synthetic carpeting are true, ceiling runs seem far more practical on all counts. Good luck.
tarsando
578 posts
 
The trouble with cables in the ceiling is that if they are too far off the ground the sound could be compromised.
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