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Running wiring across the studs is a bitch, but can be done. I’d just snap a chalk line across the bottom of the wall(s) about 12” up from the floor. Cut that 12” of rock away by setting your skill saw depth to ½”. Then boar your holes and run your wiring through he studs. Poke your holes through the rock at your speaker locations and use "old work" J-boxes at those locations. Then just fish the wires up to the boxes from the bottom of the stud bays. Screw in new rock and tape it. One long joint will be much easier to feather in to the wall(s) than patching holes. Just work your way up to a 12” trowel, match your texture and no one will ever tell the difference. Sounds like a lot of work, but it really isn’t. Just start doing it and you’ll be done in a day.