Wife stepping on speaker wire

Hughes, everyone's having fun with this. Just get cables long enough to push back to the wall and out of the way. Use 12 gauge or lower, and the few extra feet will not degrade the sound. In answer to your question, Audioquest cables are thick and obvious. Kimber 8tc is pretty bright and obvious. But I think an appropriate length to get the cables outof the way is what you need.

.........rig the necessary bare wires, plugs, etc. and occasionally plug the speaker cables into a 110 outlet. She'll probably only step on them one more time..........

Have you thought about carrying her when she is in that room?

PURIST AUDIO DESIGN DOMINUS CABLES ARE PYTHONS, IN ADDITION THEY WORK VERY WELL. AND STEPPING ON THEM WILL NOT HURT THEM I TRIP ON MINE ALL THE TIME.

Don't laugh about that cartoon! I just did exactly that using an big gas powered wet saw. The fumes were pretty bad and I had to scoop up about 100 gallons of water from my living room floor, but 3 long trenches of 2" x 2" were dug out of my concrete slab which allows me to run cables under the tile floor from where the racks are located to where the speakers and Buttkickers will be positioned.

Gotta love those Buttkickers for HT! www.thebuttkicker.com

Audio Magic Illusion (I love them!). They are two runs of 1in diameter cables. The tubing is filled with sand / damping material. They are extremely heavy. Even if she doesn't see them, she will trip on them without moving the cable. Last, but most important, they sound heavenly.

Here is Richard's (Vantage Audio) "Jackhammer".

It's time to trade her in for an audiophile upgrade. I don't know what your budget is, but FIM Gold speaker cables look like 2 inch thick snakes.

Her stepping on your cable is indicative of a much deeper problem in your relationship. Her expression of apparent disregard towards your system is a reflection of an underlying jealousy towards what she sees as a rival. The stepping on the cable is an obvious metaphor for her true intent.

Solution(s) - ask her how her day went (actually listen to her reply). If this fails then try flowers and dinner. If still no reaction, then you'll have to go the full monty and buy her a gift equal to cost of your last component upgrade.

No charge!

Get some split loom tubing from your local car stereo shop, etc. This will make the speaker wires look big and provide some limited protection and won't cost much at all.
Here is one web site that has prices and a picture:
http://www.allelectronics.com/matrix/Split_Loom_Tubing.html

Boy-o-boy I know why I am single :) did you ever think of cutting her feet off? lol. Telling her they will damage the shoes may work though, good idea ;)

~TIm

Virtual Dynamics are garden water hose sized. If you get a set of shotgun bi-wire there is enough cable to trip a horse. They're running specials all the time & if you call Rick & tell him what you're looking for I'm sure he'll fix you up.

Another way to make the wife aware is to use one of those cable protectors that are used at live shows, where the cable runs under & it is taped down to the floor. She might get tired of seeing half a roll of duct tape holding them down & will be somewhat more careful.

MIT (There is a reason they call them "music hose">

Tell her the current in the wire will damage her shoes!

That should make her more careful!

KP