Comments on: What’s The Best Way To Hide The Cables For My Surround Sound Speakers?

By: adam g

adam g — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:50:09 +0000

staple it to the corner of the wall bewtween the carpet and wall so that no one can step on it and it un noticeable
but u might need a longer wire it nutin hard it takes a little bit of brain

By: A C ! D

A C ! D — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:58:48 +0000

My wires are long, so I stapled them to the carpet all the way to the picture. You would have a problem if you had hanging speakers because you can’t get them up the wall without being noticed. But yeah I stapled them along the corners of the carpet all the way to the back.

By: Rustskip

Rustskip — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:29:53 +0000

If you have a basement, go down through the basement, and up through the floor at the connection points. If not, under a carpet, or you could put in new molding on the floor, putting the wires behind. Good luck.

By: mad_hat

mad_hat — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:28:46 +0000

What we did was run it along the baseboards. When we ran it up the wall I framed 3 8 by 10 black and white photos and hung them vertically along the wire that was pulled tight. The speaker sits above the photos and it looks better than just a wire hanging down. A friend of mine covered hers with some funky mirrors hung in the same manner. Good luck.

By: chowderb

chowderb — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:52:33 +0000

I hung mine along the corner of the ceiling and then painted then the same color as the walls. Thi s was the easier route. You can always fish them through the walls but that is a pain.

By: semi273h

semi273h — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:50:10 +0000

wireless would be best
if not, just tuck them under the carpet or depending on floor type you could drill a hole and go under the floor and back up on the other side.
We ran my sons wires into a closet and up into the attic across his den and down in each corner.

By: --------

-------- — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:57:50 +0000

they have a really neat color tubing that goes around the wires and looks super. blk red etc

By: Kayla F

Kayla F — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:46:32 +0000

Put a rug over them and tape the rug down to the ground.

By: braingam

braingam — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:13:14 +0000

Ideally, you should fish the wires through your wall and run them across your ceiling (if possible). If you have access above your ceiling (either by lifting suspended ceiling tiles or via your attic) the job is a snap and produces a much cleaner, professional looking job.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:27:32 +0000

Okay… the easy option would be to just run them undeneath your carpet, but you can also try going to an electricity gadget shop and ask for a wire organiser, there are so many of them, but they are all very useful for concealing, and disguising wires…you can get the ones that actually fit along the skirting boards, or the ones that fit vertically, or wall box’, you basically just have to look around for the ideal one that suites your need, the instructions are sure to come with the product. Good Luck finding the right covering for your wires.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:51:14 +0000

I put my wires in the corners and covered them with molding. If you already have molding the push the wires behind it. you may have to pull it out a little and then tap it back in.

By: Mario

Mario — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:08:45 +0000

Well, not sure on the wireless solution, but have the same problem, so know what you mean.
I’ve opted with under the carpet but this limits speaker locations due to short cables.
Only other solution that I thought of was to run the wires through a cable tidy (basically plastic square tube in white from the back of the TV, and along the ceiling, this solutions only really good if you have white ceiling and walls, or are willing to paint the tubing the color of the wall.
Otherwise it’s probably best to use the same idea along the skirting (you’ll probably have to send both rear speakers the same way to avoid the door, and you’ll most certainly have to purchase further wire, (again not sure if there would be a problem with degradation of sound quality over a great distance, but I’d suspect a further 10 meters of cable shouldn’t cause too much problems on a decent system.)
Again the solution above can be done under the carpet, and probably a better choice for (out of sightness), beware though don’t pull up all the carpet, only small areas, and use a wire coat hanger to get from hole to hole, otherwise you could have a carpet shrinking issue, or looseness).
Hope that’s helpful.

By: michael c

michael c — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:56:42 +0000

If you dont want to spend $ on wireless equipment, try arranging the room around the outlet so they won’t be running across it.

By: Gizmo

Gizmo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:33:39 +0000

I’m sure Yahoo is paying you big bucks ! Ditch the wires and go buy a new wireless unit !

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:02:23 +0000

i work for lowe’s and we this stuff call wire mold to hide wires and cables it flat and mount to the wall. of if you have an entertainment center you can flex tube wrap all the wire and cables in it and you just one tube instead all your wires.i hope this helps

By: ashley lynn

ashley lynn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:47:36 +0000

try to hide them under the trim along the wall or the ceiling

By: djdudeur

djdudeur — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:25:29 +0000

there are many ways one way is to run around the room along the molding .
the more dificult is to run under the carpet to do this take a peice of stiff flat cable and stick it in a hole cut in the carpet with a utility knife shuve the cable towrds the stereo wonce this is through tie the other cable to the flat one and pull it though hope this helps

By: maltese

maltese — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:03:01 +0000

go wireless

By: meme

meme — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:07:26 +0000

behide your TV

By: ♥♫♪☺Cait

♥♫♪☺Cait — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:43:45 +0000

Try to keep them hidden along the crack of the wall and the carpet, you can use staples to keep them down, but it works great.

By: rebelgir

rebelgir — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:21:45 +0000

i fitted mine in the trim around the living room and tucked it around the edges of my carpet, i even stapled it so that the cords couldnt sneak back up.

By: robyn

robyn — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:20:24 +0000

i run mine along the baseboard and tuck in under. where there is carpet, i scoot it under there. it is easy to run behind the quarter round too.

By: C o2

C o2 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:43:59 +0000

My parents did this same type of thing years ago, and they have had no problems whatsoever. They went under the carpet by making very small incisions where the wire was to enter and come back out. It’s the easiest if you have a wall that you are doing it next to, so the wires don’t go in random directions. Use a fish wire (a metal wire used for fishing and pulling wires through pipes etc.) and push it to the side you want the wires to enter in. attach and secure the wire to the fish line and pull all the way through. Really easy to do, and you’re never going to need to access the wires unless you are changing out your system. Hope that helps – good luck

By: Stripe Panther 1989

Stripe Panther 1989 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:57:58 +0000

go wireless
or wire the cables through the walls….thats what we did since the wireless kept screwing with our comps and phones -_-;

By: Cambion Chadeauwaulker

Cambion Chadeauwaulker — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:55 +0000

Give this solution a read.http://www.wisegeek.com/how-can-i-hide-s…

By: cameron haraman

cameron haraman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:20:28 +0000

hide the cables in the walls behind the speakers

By: AR2

AR2 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:30:42 +0000

The best way to get these cables out of your way is by constructing an artificial layer of POP (Plaster of Paris) and inserting the wires in them. The other option would be to stuff them beneath the carpet at the sides close to the wall.

By: michael m

michael m — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:34:46 +0000

Find some tape that’s color closey matches your carpet/wall and just tape it. If you have to go up the wall just change the color tape. If you have any shorting or wiring problems later on, you won’t have to pull the carpet up etc…

By: Demon Doll

Demon Doll — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:12:18 +0000

I used a staple gun and stapled them where the carpet met the wall. Hiding them underneath the carpet won’t work because the carpet won’t lay flat and the outlines of the cables will be clear as day.

By: Tim B

Tim B — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:35:27 +0000

Paint them the same color of the wall.

By: xeuvisof

xeuvisof — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:17:56 +0000

Personally, I hate the sight of surround sound speakers. While some may like the look of the nice black, shiney cabinets all over the room, I think it adds more to the effect to have the cabinets hidden as well.
What ya do is mount the speakers in the rear of the room where it is difficult to see them. A dropped ceiling works great for this as you can just put them up above the dropped ceiling pointing down, (Lay them on thier face.) If the speaker is too heavy lay it across a junction point in the support rails. If you do this right and conceal the wires in a molding strip you really get the effect of sound “coming from nowhere”.
If you don’t have a dropped ceiling and must run wires along the baseboards, use flat cables and simply tuck them under the molding. But, camoflage the speakers wherever you put them. One way is to cover them in a piece of black felt. It looks good and even protects the speakers. Then you sit something decorative on top of them and it just looks like a little pedestal.
This may seem like a bit of trouble, but to me it’s worth it just to have a surround sound system that is invisible. It really adds to the effect to look in the direction of a creepy sound and not see where it came from!