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Is it an S or an 8? I have a hard time picturing an S, but maybe I'm just dense.
An S (ESS)... much like I think it was JohnK mentioned about a zig-zag... take the area behind your entertainment stand... rather than coiling it, a better idea (though you still won't notice a difference I'm sure) would be to snake it in an S pattern... like swishing when skiing. Draw a wavy line on a piece of paper and stick it to the bottom of my message (and save me from drawing some terrible ASCII drawing!) *laughs*
Again, it won't make a shred of audible difference to your speaker cables, but if you make a career move into broadcast later in life, it's something to remember... or something to notice if you're ever at a live televised event, you'll notice a good cable puller will have a minimum amount of cable lightly looped and separated over his arm and the rest of his slack will be snaked rather than coiled behind him.
Like most things HT-related, this shouldn't keep you up at night.
Bren R.
