How should I tidy up loose speaker wires?

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I have surround sound speakers with the speaker wires going up through the wall. The wire is fixed and doesn't slide in and out the wall.

Now it's time to tidy it up!

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Its too late now but you could have mounted the speaker so the wire passed through the hole in the mount. — Craig, Commented Apr 3, 2013 at 14:27
@Craig maybe not.. pretty easy to fish the wire through there using a 12" piece of 14 ga solid wire or even piece of coat hanger.. just make a "c" with a radius that matches the 2 holes, tape the speaker wire on, pull back through. I little spackle or patching compound will make the hole disappear — HerrBag, Commented Apr 3, 2013 at 14:34
Even if the wires are fixed in the wall it is still possible to push the extra wire through the hole so that the slack bundle is in the wall instead of hanging on the outside. — Michael Karas, Commented Apr 3, 2013 at 15:03

HerrBag · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-03 14:03:32Z

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My first concern here is safety and code compliance. Ordinary speaker wire is not in-wall-rated.

You need to use CL2 or better, CMR rated cable for in wall use..

As far as neatness goes, installing a termination panel or a "brush" wall plate would help

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answered Apr 3, 2013 at 14:03

HerrBag

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wow, I'd never heard of a "brush" wall plate. great advice -- thanks.
– Craig
Commented Apr 3, 2013 at 14:29
The brush wall plates are great. Alternatively you could get one that has speaker wire clamps to make the speaker easily detachable.
– Grant
Commented Apr 3, 2013 at 22:10

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