I went with one similar to your first pictured wall plate, actually went with a couple of them. If you get too many plugs on one plate you'll find yourself fumbling around whenever you start trying to get the wires connected without mistakes. I kept all speaker connects on one plate, Cat5 on another, Component and so on. I even ran all of the subwoofer cable connects (6 for my room) on it's own plate to keep all wiring grouped together, trying to keep it simple for my old self.

Rick
Our Room

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