Disaster Posted December 13, 2012 Author Posted December 13, 2012 How do floor standers help with hiding wires? In my last place I hid wires behind skirting or under the edge of the floor. If you have a laminate type floor there will be a gap at the edge hidden by beading or the skirting. If you have carpet, just lift the edge (a bit at a time so you don't have to re-stretch the whole carpet). You can also get flat cable which is quite easy to hide even if it's essentially in full view. I'm currently just finishing my "man cave" and have been lucky that I've been able to build all the cabling into the fabric of the building. But even that will leave cables visible between wall plates and speakers/sub. I think you just have to accept some cables. I just meant as opposed to wall mounted speakers and having the wires going down the wall. Looking at Tannoy V4's, good reviews and good price. Good place to start for the front speakers I think!
pcstru Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 speaker stands that have "holes" in for cables to be routed up to back of speaker Well, err ... yes. And floor standers ... stand on the floor. I must be misunderstanding summat. No change there then.
LosOjos Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 Well, err ... yes. And floor standers ... stand on the floor. I must be misunderstanding summat. No change there then. Many people (myself included and the OP by the sound of it) would much rather have a fairly attractive stand in the room than wires hanging down the wall, simple as that.
w-clarke101 Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 you can get it but that would of meant taking of the skirting board and i just cba whereas a few bits of sticky trunking and a few rawlplugs/screws was quick and easy Ok Mita Coiled Trunking 10mm x 16mm x 15m | Screwfix.com Have you look at AVforums websit Have a lot of info there and one of the best ones i've seen. Have a lot of DIY cinema room on there forum.
pcstru Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 Many people (myself included and the OP by the sound of it) would much rather have a fairly attractive stand in the room than wires hanging down the wall, simple as that. Ok, I understand. Floor standing as opposed to wall mounted rather than strictly floor standers vs bookshelf type mounted on stands. Flat cable can be really well hidden. My sister had a set of flat panel speakers (basically they were disguised as picture frames). She'd used some very flat cable painted the same color as the wall. It was hardly visible unless you really looked for it.
w-clarke101 Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) No set budget really. I've just bought my first house so anything I buy will be lasting and decent quality so don't mind splashing a bit of cash here there. In fact, measured the space where I'd like the front speakers to go and 6-7inch wide speakers would be perfect, if I can get quality speakers that narrow...? Tannoy HTS101 review from the experts at whathifi.com Q Acoustics 2000I 5.1 pack review from the experts at whathifi.com Q Acoustics 2000 Series review from the experts at whathifi.com And for AV Amp to power them http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-receivers/onkyo/txsr313/onky-txsr313 http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-receivers/pioneer/vsx527/pion-vsx527-blk The onky and pioneer are both great AV Amp's, But if you ask me out of the two! The pioneer for your money just win for me. If you play a lot of music to the pioneer is beter at that too. If you spend a bit more money the spec go up. But this is a good starter. Edited December 13, 2012 by w-clarke101
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