Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Good subwoofer cable suggestions?

Bud you should be able to find those wall plates just about anywhere, online, Radio Shack or even Home Depot and Lowes maybe. I have six different wall plates in my A/V cabinet with the different cables and wires grouped together for each plate, i.e., speaker wires are all on one plate, analog cable on another, subwoofers, HDMI, Cat5, Cable TV and etc.

You can even make up the type of plate you like using one of these...wall plate, along with these...terminal connect and can get the different terminal connects (RCA, F, speaker and etc..) that you desire.

Monoprice.com wall plates

Those Keystone wallplates are available in two types. One with the holes integral to the plate and the other the holes are in what is called a Decora style insert (like what Rick has). This allows multiple gangs of inserts with a different number of jacks in each. However, the price for all those inserts can add up quick.

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Thanks Jake, just what I was looking for...

Bud

Kyle, Are those your wall plates? If so, how long is your HDMI run?

Bud

Yes, those are mine. The HDMI is a 15ft cable but I can't comment on how well it works as I don't have any HDMI gear yet. I just installed it for future upgrade. Everything else has worked great with the exception of the digital (optical) audio. With the connector and plastic cable there was too much signal loss. I had to upgrade to glass fiber ($$$$$) and a single connector (passing through the wallplate in the equipment cabinet without a connector).

Sorry, I've been traveling but I see others have given you some ideas.

I used something very similar to this 7.1 wall plate for most everything but added additional RCA jacks for subs using a Decora plate Like this one. that has room for an insert kind of like six of these. except they had an F-connector on the back and were a lot cheaper than the ones I linked.

f-connectors are your standard coax (cable TV) conenctors. They are easy to crimp on to cable and they screw on so for a little added insurance for the side inside the wall. I went with RCA on the outside just as it's more of an audio standard but you could easily make a custom sub cable with an f-connector on the wall end and an RCA to plug into the sub.

Note: when you get into trying to tighten 6 f-connectors on one wall plate, it can get tricky as they are so close together. Requires some patience and it can help you spot if you are developing arthritis in your fingers, like me.

Looks like you are ready for about anything Kyle. I'm inspired!

Bud

Murph, thanks for the reply. That is certainly an interesting suggestion for a subwoofer cable using coax with an F type connector on one end and RCA on the other.

Many thanks, Bud

Bud here are a couple of pics of three extra F/RCA cables I had made up from the A/V installation folks who terminated my wall plates.

F/RCA cable

F/RCA cable

You could certainly build them yourself if you want, I just didn't care to at the time.