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If you're installing in room where you can't drop above or below the room to run your cables, consider putting up crown molding -- it typically leaves a small channel behind it which is ideal for hiding speaker cables. You can then punch holes in the top of the wall where you need to run vertically, fish the wires through, staple it up into the corner, then ...

Speaker wire is low voltage. Yes, a meter would tell if they were actually hot, but it surely would say no here anyway. If you are truly paranoid, then feel free to put wire nuts on them, or even easier is electrical tape. It can't hurt. In fact, I have some speaker wire hanging around myself, left by the previous owners of the house. It comes out of a ...

These are called Bullet connectors. They're used as a male/female pair, and allow for quick, repeated connection and disconnection of a circuit. They can be found at any automotive supply store, and some hardware stores. If you won't need to disconnect and reconnect the wires, you can simply cut the connector off, strip the wire, and use whatever other ...

COAX to RCA adapter You could get a "Y" adapter but it doesn't matter because you are getting mono. The Y would just split the mono in two. For stereo it is doable but the only thing I know is S/PDIF - so search for a COAX to S/PDIF adapter. Either way I wouldn't spend a lot of money on adapters. You are getting mediocre end product no matter what ...

If you can run wiring to the rooms easily, I'd recommend going with the centralized stack-of-amplifiers approach. It's very cheap, easy to set up, probably has the best sound quality, and is the most reliable. IR repeaters Start by placing all the stereo receivers in a centralized location (I picked the laundry room). Then, install an IR receiver ...

If they were still hooked up to speakers, there's no voltage concerns, but I'd try to remove them first, check the attic or basement above or below if you haven't already. If you still can't find the origin, I'd try pulling with a little gentle, or not so gentle tugging. If they're there to stay, the safe thing to do is put a wire nut and/or electrical tape ...

There are a million options out there. The main thing that you need in this setup is finding a receiver that has really good output control - in that you can pick exactly which outputs you want the sound to go to and be able to save those settings... So if you want to go to all rooms you would have an all-room criteria saved, and so on. You need the ...

This could be a bunch of problems, from a missing ground to a voltage spike, to dying speakers, etc... First of all, it would be helpful to rule in/out the computer as the source of the popping. It's possible your computer's sound card is not great and is sending those noises to the speaker, which is faithfully playing them. Try plugging the speakers into a ...

Tile setters use carbide tipped nibblers to trim tiles by small amounts. You would need to have access to the back of the edge you want to trim off so you can grab it with the trimmers. You take small bites, clip clip clip, until you have removed what you need to. There is still the possibility of cracking the tile, but this is your best bet for trimming ...

What would probably work best for cutting tile that has already been placed would be a quality oscillating tool with a diamond blade. Diamond Blade http://www.lowes.com/pd_349423-353-OSC312DG_0__?productId=3380378 You probably wouldn't want to use a carbide blade for tile or grout as it will get chewed up and damaged very quickly. NOTE: Unless you are ...