Wife stepping on speaker wire

Paul, in my experience, spousal behavior modification only works one way...female changing male. If the male should attempt to try this, specific and sometime legal remedies may apply/occur. Usually, you just end up on the couch.

The way I see it, you have two battles to fight, only one you'll win. If she will let you put your speakers where you want to in the room, consider this victory and let the cable stepping phenomea continue-split loom may divert this enough. If you push the speaker cable issue to much, then she may move the speakers against the wall-you loose, but your cable is ok.

Bear traps on either side of the wire should work.--Of course,I'm divorced--!!

Easy, get some diamond ring and place it every six inches on the wire. She'll see it from miles away.

I am looking for some seed money for a cable company to be called "Barbed Wired Audio Designs Limited", Our Motto "she'll step on em once, but that will be her last"

How about going to officemax and buying a cable cover ? I have the same situation - I just put a thin piece of foam over the cable, and a small throw carpet over that - works fine.