show us your dressing up! ????

This could be the ‘dirty underwear’ version of the system pics thread 

If I revealed my cable dressing, I would expect a knock on the door from the men in white coats! So I will politely decline your invitation.

Don’t be shy Nigel, I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!

I’ve reported this before.   There’s an absolute orgy going on down the back of my racks - I daren't display in public!!!

ChrisSU posted:

Don’t be shy Nigel, I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!

You first Chris.

Not a current pic as I’ve moved rooms since this was taken. It looks like a random mess, but no two cables are touching each other or the rack.   

Total insanity......

Well done guys, not the most flattering behinds! ????

ChrisSU posted:

Not a current pic as I’ve moved rooms since this was taken. It looks like a random mess, but no two cables are touching each other or the rack.   

Chris do you have the SNAIC lock rings done up on your system? Sure I read somewhere and may have been HH said that they better not screwed up?

No way around having two side-by-side Isoblue 3-level stacks in between the speakers. Doesn't make for pretty off-the-floor looping solutions, so cables are kept apart and off the floor by rolling them in cushion wrap.

The switchable plug board is feeding the TV and router, not the Hifi, by the way, before you recoil in horror...

Do I get the prize for Nightmare Cabling Of The Week?

Mike1951 posted:

No way around having two side-by-side Isoblue 3-level stacks in between the speakers. Doesn't make for pretty off-the-floor looping solutions, so cables are kept apart and off the floor by rolling them in cushion wrap.

The switchable plug board is feeding the TV and router, not the Hifi, by the way, before you recoil in horror...

Do I get the prize for Nightmare Cabling Of The Week?

Can you move the router away from the Hi-Fi ?

Popeye posted:

 

 

Chris do you have the SNAIC lock rings done up on your system? Sure I read somewhere and may have been HH said that they better not screwed up?

I do them up tight, then back them off a quarter turn or so. 

"Can you move the router away from the Hi-Fi ?"

What would be the point?

Mike1951 posted:

"Can you move the router away from the Hi-Fi ?"

What would be the point?

Keeping the wireless devices away from the sensitive audio kit. Just good practice if you can avoid it. 

Ah, well. There's nowhere else for it to go unfortunately. However, it's all Ethernet hard-wired and the speaker cables are shielded. 

Still sounds spiffing! 

Mike1951 posted:

Still sounds spiffing! 

That's the main thing 

The burndy misses the floor by 1 cm and hangs untouched. The SL DIN XLR touches a speaker cable. The power cables, Ethernet and speaker cables are all a bit touchy-feely with each other. Still sounds ok though.

What's that going into the switched (!!!) wall plate?

Hi Mike1951

New Zealand power plugs have no fuses and can be plugged into each other, I have seen 6 plugs in one socket in a Statement all plugged into each other. The switched wallplate is a dedicated mains socket, I didn't want an on-off switch but it was installed with one.

TOBYJUG posted:

Roy Gregory would be proud

S3 posted:

Total insanity......

I notice you seem to be using bog standard pipe lagging there to keep the burndy isolated. If so, you may find that regular lagging is a fairly poor mechanical damper as it is still too stiff. I use Aeroflex as it has truly excellent damping properties (extremely soft and light). I have a few cut offs at the bottom to stop long leads touching the floor and use 12mm walled tubing for the entire run of speaker cables since they have to run parallel to mains cable and it provides that 12mm of air between them. It even goes round corners at 90 degree without cutting. They do various tube sizes and even flat sheets. More expensive than regular lagging but still costs next to nothing.

S3 posted:

Total insanity......

Different perspective: nice photo. Only the nearest (brown?) cable is overcomplete.

james n posted:

TOBYJUG posted:

Roy Gregory would be proud

The FE stand is the same one RG used once for some time lent from Audiofreaks.  Has some nice scars left on it from some heavy duty hifi reviewing no doubt !

feeling_zen posted:

S3 posted:

Total insanity......

I notice you seem to be using bog standard pipe lagging there to keep the burndy isolated. If so, you may find that regular lagging is a fairly poor mechanical damper as it is still too stiff. I use Aeroflex as it has truly excellent damping properties (extremely soft and light). I have a few cut offs at the bottom to stop long leads touching the floor and use 12mm walled tubing for the entire run of speaker cables since they have to run parallel to mains cable and it provides that 12mm of air between them. It even goes round corners at 90 degree without cutting. They do various tube sizes and even flat sheets. More expensive than regular lagging but still costs next to nothing.

Just been listening to a conversation in my head about the pros and cons of upgrading my bog standard pipe insulation used for cable dressing to Aeroflex!?!?! 

The shrinks would have a field day.