How to keep ic's and power cords from touching

Just take a thin flat sheet of plywood and screw j-hooks into it and loop the slack through them. It's cheap and it works.

Small blocks made from hard wood work great. Dialing in a system, it's all in the details :)

I put them in different chairs and tell them the next one that touches the other gets a time out.

sorry I could refuse ;-)

Pierre would have a heart attack if he saw mine; the first thing he always does is to make sure the your cables are properly aligned. Personally, I have given up ; if you attempt to put 4 amps , a preamp,a separate phono stage, a SUT , 2 DACs, 2 transports, 1 or 2 tables , a speed control box, and God knows what else in close proximity and change it around quite often the best you can hope for is no hum. I do artistically drape the speaker wires around the stand and subs so it doesn't hit the floor, the rest falls into the "life is too short" category.

Agree with Stanwal.

I have a clusterfu** of cables in 3 listening rooms and no hum to show for it.

I'd rather be lucky than good.