Moving to my first house!

[Genocide316]

I move in next month and need to set my Home Theater stuff up again. Looking for advice on better cable management (lived in an apartment and didn't really care). Also looking for a way to mount my rear Klipsch F1 speakers either on floor mounts or on the wall somehow. Also looking for a recommendation on a good stereo / entertainment rack. Any help is much appreciated.

[Beta Man]

not sure how to help with the stands/mounts etc.....

but CONGRATS either way!

[Steve]

Congrats on the new house.

The only thing I can tell you about cable management is to keep power cables separate from AV cables.

Are you serious about wanting to put F1 towers on stands or on the walls? I'm guessing maybe that's a typo and you mean S1s maybe?? If that's the case then there should be a keyhole slot on the back of them. You can either run your speaker wires in the wall or use some paintable raceways you can get from Lowe's or Home Depot for pretty cheap if you don't want to go to the trouble of running in-wall wiring.

No idea about an equipment rack.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Congrats on the new house. If you have a closet nearby that you're not going to use you can turn it into a media cabinet. Check out my gallery for some ideas. There are plenty of pics on how I converted my closet into a media cabinet.

[Owen Lol]

I'd be lying if I said I was good at that stuff. But anyway congratulations with the new house, hope it's great!

[Uniquely]

Originally Posted by fireman325

Are you serious about wanting to put F1 towers on stands or on the walls? I'm guessing maybe that's a typo and you mean S1s maybe??

That's what I was thinking! The F1's are 40 lbs. It's not undoable..... but it wouldn't be easy either. Not that I haven't given it brief daydreams. Due to all the doors in my room.... it would be awesome if there were a way to raise them above my side doors... hang them horizontally..... and aim them down at my listening area. But yeah..... nice thought but too hard to implement.

For the OP... if you did actually mean S1's, take a look at the rears in my gallery. In wall wiring would be really hard in my set up since all my gear is on and external wall, so I took all my wiring around the room by tucking it under the baseboards. When it came to the surrounds... I just used the keyhole to mount them on the wall. I hid the wiring by taking some acoustical ceiling tiles and covering them with fabric. It looks pretty good I think.

[HAMP]

Originally Posted by fireman325

Are you serious about wanting to put F1 towers on stands or on the walls? I'm guessing maybe that's a typo and you mean S1s maybe??

Either he means it or it's a double typo, because he has F1 surround in his sig. as well

[Genocide316]

Originally Posted by fireman325

Congrats on the new house.

The only thing I can tell you about cable management is to keep power cables separate from AV cables.

Are you serious about wanting to put F1 towers on stands or on the walls? I'm guessing maybe that's a typo and you mean S1s maybe?? If that's the case then there should be a keyhole slot on the back of them. You can either run your speaker wires in the wall or use some paintable raceways you can get from Lowe's or Home Depot for pretty cheap if you don't want to go to the trouble of running in-wall wiring.

No idea about an equipment rack.

Yeah my fault you are correct I was referring to the rear speakers. Thanks for all the well wishes folks I've already got the fever of thinking about all of the crappy hand me downs I've got that I want to replace hahaha

[HAMP]

I’m in the process of looking for a house and I have looked at a few. I seem to have a small problem I didn’t think I would have looking. I have bi-polar speaker like your S1’s, but I have not come across a house yet that I can use all four of them in. The rooms I have seen have doorways and openings that I think would take away from the effect of having bi/di-pole speakers.

The layouts are not like what I’m leaving, when I went speaker shopping I had my room image in mind and I did not consider what the next place layout would be.

How is your room? Is it a better layout then previous or about the same?

[Genocide316]

Originally Posted by HAMP

I’m in the process of looking for a house and I have looked at a few. I seem to have a small problem I didn’t think I would have looking. I have bi-polar speaker like your S1’s, but I have not come across a house yet that I can use all four of them in. The rooms I have seen have doorways and openings that I think would take away from the effect of having bi/di-pole speakers.

The layouts are not like what I’m leaving, when I went speaker shopping I had my room image in mind and I did not consider what the next place layout would be.

How is your room? Is it a better layout then previous or about the same?

I would say it's honestly about the same. I have a fireplace now in my main living room that I have to deal with. Haven't quite figured out how I'm going to set up the room. It's a long skinny room on the front of the house with a large window and fire place on the front. The previous owner had their TV etc at one end of the room which I don't know if I like or not.

[Hammie]

Velcro ties are your best friend. They can be had rather cheap on Amazon.