Cable management


Is there anything out there that could help me with cable management? I have powercords and interconnects and whatever else is back there, behind my rack, hanging all over the place, and I really need to find a way to control it.

Any ideas?
matchstikman
Lots of racks have cable management systems. Some great looking ones are form Bell'o and bdiusa.com. Great selections and great designs.
One other comment. If you have to have power cords near ICs then make sure they cross at right angles or as close as possible to this. Having the cords at right angles (perpendicular) to each other reduces, if not elimimates EMF (electromagnetic force).
You could always buy some flex tubing (home depot). My management system is a mix of my racks management, aalong with TieWraps, and flex tubing.

Here in a couple months im going to beuild myself a new audio rack, ive got a wire management system fogured out where the IC's and power never cross paths.

Cable management is a pain in the butt, its almost enough to make me go with a straight 2channel system. Almost..
I went to Radio Shack and bought some of their Velcro strips that are made for tieing cables together. It is Velcro hook on one side and loop on the other so you can wrap it on to it's self. You can cut it to any length you need. Also use the hooks to tie it to or what I did was mount a shelf bracket strip vertically on each side of my cabinet with spacers behind so I could loop the velcro around the strip and wires to secure it. By using both sides of the cabinet you can run signal on one side and power on the other.
I agree with Theo, velcro is easy, neat and very reusable. McMaster-Carr carries rolls of every width and length at good prices (1/2" x 75' $15.50). Use foam pipe insulation to space cables away from each other, both power and signal...
http://www.mcmaster.com