You need speakers that can deliver a powerful sonic impact and faithfully reproduce instruments, human voices, and sound effects with convincing realism to create a truly thrilling and immersive home audio experience. However, if the speaker wire is left lying around in your room, it will look unattractive. There are numerous ways to do this, some of which will suit your home’s layout better than others.
Get Ready To Place The Speaker Wires
Make sure all speakers and equipment are turned off and placed where you want them before you begin. Make sure to have extra speaker wire on hand. Use 14 gauge for connections longer than 20 feet because some methods require the extra length, and 16 gauge for connections up to 20 feet.
Wire cutters, a tape measure or ruler, pliers, a utility knife, scissors, twist or zip ties, a bubble level, a stapler, a cordless drill, a jigsaw, a hammer, and a stud finder are useful items to have on hand.
Cover With Rugs Or Runners
A practical solution is to conceal your speaker wires under a throw rug or carpet runner if they need to cross an open floor space. A rug adds character, draws attention to its aesthetic appeal, and reduces trip hazards.
Rugs typically can’t cover every inch of speaker wire that is exposed. Nevertheless, they provide an adaptable, transient way to maintain the appearance of clean rooms.
You are free to rearrange the furniture arrangement whenever you want, and moving rugs and wires is also a simple process. No installation, no tools.
Tuck Between Carpets And Baseboards
Baseboards are probably found lining the rooms in carpeted homes. To make room for carpeting, baseboards are typically installed a little bit off the ground. Under the carpet and baseboard, there must also be a space between the tack strip and the wall.
This space is a great place to covertly run speaker wires around and between rooms.
Try sliding a piece of wire between the carpet and baseboard with your fingers. Use a thin screwdriver or ruler to gently push the wire toward the wall if the area is confined until it disappears.
Camouflage With Paint
Before painting over speaker wires, the idea is to attach them to the walls straight and flush. However, staple the twist/zip ties rather than using the stapler to pin the wires. Before stapling the tie across the middle, place a tie on the wall where you want to hold the speaker wire.
Finally, affix the tie by positioning the wire over the staple. There is no chance of damage because the speaker wire is not stapled.
Do this every few feet. With a pair of scissors, you can cut off extra ties. Once finished, conceal the wires and ties with matching paint on the walls.
The best thing about this semi-permanent technique is that the only markings left behind if wires need to be moved or removed are the tiny staple holes.
Hide Alongside Light Strips
Remember that many light strips are simply LEDs with a peel-away backing that allows them to adhere to surfaces. Some, like the Power Practical Luminoodle, resemble LED ropes and come with mounting supplies.
However, think about utilizing Decorating Clips or Command Wire Hooks if you plan to move or adjust light strips in the future.
These products can safely be removed from a variety of surfaces without damaging them or leaving behind residue. Plug everything in, hang the speaker wire behind or below the LED light strips, fasten the hooks to the walls where you want them, and then take in the atmosphere.
Install Cable Raceways Or Covers
Although cable raceways are useful for concealing speaker wires, sometimes they are difficult to remove. A cable cover is an alternative that will likely leave no traces. Cable covers resemble a speedbump because they are flat on the bottom and rounded on the top.
Cable covers, which protect wires and are frequently made of PVC or rubber, work best when pressed up against walls and non-carpeted surfaces. They are also excellent for use when wires must pass open thresholds.
The majority of the time, cable covers can be kept in place without adhesive. A variety of widths, hues, and patterns are available in cable covers.
Use Flat Adhesive Speaker Wire
When looking for bi-wire or bi-amp speakers, the latter is ideal. Flat speaker wire is most frequently found in 16 gauge with either two or four conductors. Flat wire terminal blocks are also required when using this type of wire (one pair for each speaker).
The terminal block’s other side, which attaches to a speaker cable that typically connects to the back of speakers and receivers, clips to flat copper wiring on the other side. The flat speaker wire should be precisely measured, installed, and painted.
Snake Through Walls And Ceiling
Be prepared for some work if you plan to use in-wall or in-ceiling speakers. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of in-wall and in-ceiling speakers before you begin.
Even though you can complete this kind of project without any outside assistance, if you are unsure of your DIY abilities, you might be better off hiring a professional contractor. Since there are many factors to take into account, installing in-wall and in-ceiling speakers requires planning.
The end result, however, could be flush speakers that are hidden in walls in addition to speaker wires that are completely undetectable.
Foam Crown Molding
Even though crown molding adds beauty to most rooms, installing it yourself isn’t the easiest project. You might choose foam if you want to take on the project for your family or theater room.
The 12 styles of “no prime molding” in the NM series from Foam Crown Molding should be a little easier to install and leave guests in the dark about the true material.
Molding pieces are available in 6-foot-6 lengths and can be trimmed with a razor knife, miter saw, or hand saw. They adhere with painter’s caulk and glue to the walls.
Wiremold Cornermate Cord Organizer
You can see Wiremold’s CornerMate Cord Organizer running up to your on-wall or shelf-mounted speakers if your walls are painted, as in the picture. Ah, the designers did take that into consideration, so they included paintable channel covers (the basic kit includes four), so if you have a white room, you’re pretty much set.
Four 30-inch corner cord channels, four paintable channel covers, and four transition pieces are included. These items can be used to connect other Wiremold products, such as the CableMate and the CordMate II, over longer distances within the room.
Monster Cable Superflat Speaker Wire
Monster Cable offers a wide variety of connection options. The SuperFlat Mini Navajo White Easy-to-Hide Speaker Cable may be of interest to devoted Monster fans who are attempting to hide or make their speaker wire runs as low profile as possible.
If you’re short on space or perhaps don’t want to spackle and paint flatter wire, it might be a mouthful to say, but it can speak to your wiring needs.
