The failing of residential audio racks

[3dbinCanada]

Why is it that manufacturers of residential audio racks have no cable trays or cable anchor points running in the horizontal direction? I find that absurd especially in home theater racks where equipment is often located beside one another? I came to this conclusion after spending from 1:30pm to 9:30pm yesterday without break and skipping supper to rewire my basement system.


The before

The after

Lucky for me there was space between the supports and the glass shelf so that I could run velcro cable ties and tie off the cables to the supports as shown by the yellow lines.

The last pic s that of the AVR. I used velcro cable markers that are writeable and labelled the cables coming into the AVR. Yellow markers are all HDMI and identify the source component, white markers are for the cassette decks labelled with the source deck, and blue...I forgot what the blue ones are labelled for.

I should have dusted while I was back there.

 

[SRW1000]

I share your frustration and ended up buying one of these kits from Amazon:

Works great, although the sticky tape that comes with it wasn't the best for adhering them to the bottom of my slightly textured shelves (I'll eventually fasten them with screws.

To help route cables down the legs of my rack, I bought a roll of extra wide (2-3") hook and loop fastening tape, which works much better than the thinner stuff.

 

[Sonnie Parker]

I hear ya... and I feel your pain, too. It's nearly impossible for me to get to my wires and straighten them out.

 

[Todd Anderson]

Your before picture would probably scare most fire marshals into therapy.

You're right tho... it's a problem!