Laurence Payne wrote:

I need (OK, want) some white phono cables, but white seems to be
reserved either for ludicrously expensive iPod phono leads, or for
white versions of the semi-disposable 49p leads.

Have you had actual problems with the 49p cables?

Yes, they're ugly and straggly and they're always breaking.

Daniele

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:06:40 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

Laurence Payne wrote:

I need (OK, want) some white phono cables, but white seems to be
reserved either for ludicrously expensive iPod phono leads, or for
white versions of the semi-disposable 49p leads.

Have you had actual problems with the 49p cables?

Yes, they're ugly and straggly and they're always breaking.


I've never known one break (ok, I'm talking about free ones, not 49p
ones) and as for ugly - I can't actually see them round the back of
the equipment.

d

Don Pearce wrote:

I need (OK, want) some white phono cables, but white seems to be
reserved either for ludicrously expensive iPod phono leads, or for
white versions of the semi-disposable 49p leads.

Have you had actual problems with the 49p cables?

Yes, they're ugly and straggly and they're always breaking.


I've never known one break (ok, I'm talking about free ones, not 49p
ones) and as for ugly - I can't actually see them round the back of
the equipment.

If I couldn't see them, I wouldn't be troubled about the colour!

Daniele

"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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...
Don Pearce wrote:

I need (OK, want) some white phono cables, but white seems to be
reserved either for ludicrously expensive iPod phono leads, or for
white versions of the semi-disposable 49p leads.

Have you had actual problems with the 49p cables?

Yes, they're ugly and straggly and they're always breaking.


I've never known one break (ok, I'm talking about free ones, not 49p
ones) and as for ugly - I can't actually see them round the back of
the equipment.

If I couldn't see them, I wouldn't be troubled about the colour!



If you want to hide light but unsightly cabling 'spiral cable wrap' might be
a quick and easy way to do it, if you can get it in a colour you want -
Google same for a ton of possibilites.

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:18:41 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

I've never known one break (ok, I'm talking about free ones, not 49p
ones) and as for ugly - I can't actually see them round the back of
the equipment.

If I couldn't see them, I wouldn't be troubled about the colour!

I can sort of understand not wanting cables showing if this is a
domestic setup. But if they MUST show, why on earth does the colour
matter? Haven't you got a drawer full of the ones provided with
everything you ever bought? That sort of neutral gray colour is
inoffensive enough, surely?

Laurence Payne wrote:

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:18:41 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

I've never known one break (ok, I'm talking about free ones, not 49p
ones) and as for ugly - I can't actually see them round the back of
the equipment.

If I couldn't see them, I wouldn't be troubled about the colour!

I can sort of understand not wanting cables showing if this is a
domestic setup. But if they MUST show, why on earth does the colour
matter? Haven't you got a drawer full of the ones provided with
everything you ever bought? That sort of neutral gray colour is
inoffensive enough, surely?

They have to run vertically between two black shelves, against a white
wall. A lot of care went into the aesthetics of the shelves, and
straggly grey cables do not form a part of it.

I think I will find some sort of trunking or conduit for the cables. It
will be easier.

Daniele

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:07:40 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

Laurence Payne wrote:

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:18:41 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

I've never known one break (ok, I'm talking about free ones, not 49p
ones) and as for ugly - I can't actually see them round the back of
the equipment.

If I couldn't see them, I wouldn't be troubled about the colour!

I can sort of understand not wanting cables showing if this is a
domestic setup. But if they MUST show, why on earth does the colour
matter? Haven't you got a drawer full of the ones provided with
everything you ever bought? That sort of neutral gray colour is
inoffensive enough, surely?

They have to run vertically between two black shelves, against a white
wall. A lot of care went into the aesthetics of the shelves, and
straggly grey cables do not form a part of it.

I think I will find some sort of trunking or conduit for the cables. It
will be easier.

Daniele

Tidier too. You can get electrical conduit that is white. It is a U
section with square corners and a clip-in cover. It makes for a very
tidy finish.

You should find something here

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...028+4294954906

d

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:28:19 GMT, (Don Pearce) wrote:

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:07:40 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

Laurence Payne wrote:

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:18:41 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

I've never known one break (ok, I'm talking about free ones, not 49p
ones) and as for ugly - I can't actually see them round the back of
the equipment.

If I couldn't see them, I wouldn't be troubled about the colour!

I can sort of understand not wanting cables showing if this is a
domestic setup. But if they MUST show, why on earth does the colour
matter? Haven't you got a drawer full of the ones provided with
everything you ever bought? That sort of neutral gray colour is
inoffensive enough, surely?

They have to run vertically between two black shelves, against a white
wall. A lot of care went into the aesthetics of the shelves, and
straggly grey cables do not form a part of it.

I think I will find some sort of trunking or conduit for the cables. It
will be easier.

Daniele

Tidier too. You can get electrical conduit that is white. It is a U
section with square corners and a clip-in cover. It makes for a very
tidy finish.

You should find something here

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...028+4294954906

d

More specifically

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...0527 3#header

d

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:28:19 GMT, (Don Pearce) wrote:

I think I will find some sort of trunking or conduit for the cables. It
will be easier.

Daniele

Tidier too. You can get electrical conduit that is white. It is a U
section with square corners and a clip-in cover. It makes for a very
tidy finish.

I have a friend who got seduced by some trendy-looking B&O
wall-mounted gear. (For which he dumped a pair of Spendor BC1s, just
to illustrate the depths to which fashion dragged him.) The
absolutely tackiest part visually is the white plastic trunking. It
just shouts "Health & Safety".

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:07:40 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

I can sort of understand not wanting cables showing if this is a
domestic setup. But if they MUST show, why on earth does the colour
matter? Haven't you got a drawer full of the ones provided with
everything you ever bought? That sort of neutral gray colour is
inoffensive enough, surely?

They have to run vertically between two black shelves, against a white
wall. A lot of care went into the aesthetics of the shelves, and
straggly grey cables do not form a part of it.

I think I will find some sort of trunking or conduit for the cables. It
will be easier.

Get a sheet of material that matches the wall and mount it between the
shelves. All the cables can pass behind it.

Use the gray cables but wrap them in festive tinsel. Or grow ivy up
them. Don't hide - feature!

Make the shelves actually fit the equipment, so the tallest item on
the lower shelf masks the cables running to the shelf above.

Use any cables, but buy a spray can of white paint. Or be more
interesting - use bright red. Or have rainbow cables.

Hi-fi gear is ugly anyway. Showing it off is merely pretentious. Put
it in a cabinet and use the shelves for something else.

When planning this setup you knew there would have to be cables. If
they worry you, don't try to minimise or cover them up. Design a
better setup where the issue doesn't arise. Function first, design
can follow.