Keeping cables off the floor

OK, I'm going to have to give this a try. Due to necessary equipment placement, things aren;t as tidy as they should be and the look has always bothered me.

What I'm thinking of is getting a 2x4, cutting in a groove on the top length, then slicing it into individual pieces. Any opinions relative to the effectiveness of my construction project? I'm planning on painting them, but maybe there is some kind of more inert, spray on material.

Thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Makes sense, Dekay. I wonder if a can get a stip of acrylic in a 2x4 shape and do the same thing. I just happen to have a source for acrylic fabrication here in L.A. that I'll drop by -- haven't been there in quite a while. I would think that this will do the trick. Or, maybe "dip" and coat the wood blocks in acrylic. Another option with the wood "slices" might be giving it a several of coats of "whatever" and lining the groove where the cable sits with a strip of sorbothane or similar (but cheaper) material. An engineer I am not. This is an area where my ideas can get scary, or at least my more techincally oriented friends tell me so.

A totally weird idea that I dropped on general principal was to take those funky looking, third world napkin rings -- the ones in the shapes of birds, fish and animals (picked up a bunch on Bali), run the speaker calels through them and insulate the cables (since the holes are bigger than my cables) with rubber bushings (can get these in any size from auto suppliers) or super dense foam. Just too weird, even by my liberal standards. I did think it would be a unique look and maybe have a better WAF, though.

Dekay, the place I go to is on Colorado Blvd in the mostly industrial part of Santa Monica (times, they are a changin' ever since Sony moved in, though). Can't remember the name, just know how to get there.

Maybe we're on to something. The napkin rings with a solid base as you've suggested and an acrylic ring lining the hole. I'm calling my patent attorney now ;-)

Sounds like we've had similar interior design experiences with our better halves. I found a cane store that went out of business (now that's a winning business concept) and wanted to buy all of the wooden canes they had left, paint them in bright colors and mount them on painted canvases. Good visually, (well,interesting anyway), and nice acoustic treatments to boot. Shot down on that one.

So true, Dekay.