Cable Undressing

My humble offering.

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Vegetation. Excellent.

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I would define a “messinest” as someone who gets a perverse pleasure from a mess, or simply reaches a point of “can’t be arsed with this anymore!”

I prefer the term ‘Cable Entropist’ myself.

Also see: Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string

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Having entered this thread at post #64, I now feel humbled by the expertise shown by others, here in idlers’ corner.

I sincerely apologise for my audacity in ever believing that I might reach the heights achieved by many of you, in truth, with no effort whatsoever.

Gentlemen, a mere novice salutes you. :raised_hands:

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Front - note the lack of boxes
Back - does this qualify?

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You’ve tidied them up. Nul points!

I’m so glad I’m not alone on this…thank you…thank you!

He did use plastic tie wraps, so I would be inclined to allow this one through.

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I’m not sure how that makes it messier! If there were points for poor EMI hygyene he might score though.

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The question is, does a poor outcome despite attempts to get it nice and tidy count for more or less than a poor outcome because the owner just can’t be bothered?

If this is your first attempt, good try.

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If these were deliberate attempts at chaos, no one could be sure that there is not a pattern which is so complex that it is indistinguishable from chaos. I think that most of us here would plead guilty to the charge of…couldn’t be bothered…certainly I would!

Hands up being honest, I did try to keep it tidy a bit. All the cables to the left are pretty much Ethernet for devices on stand, tried to keep it away from mains but pretty much failed. Had to use cable ties on the Naca5 as that is the only way I could get it to stay behind the stand out of sight and still be 3.5 m long. You can see the base of the left speaker next to the stand - it must be all of 60 cm from output terminals to speaker terminals…

I suppose the question is do I go back in there and try to make it better, mess it up a bit to pass the chaos test or just leave it and enjoy the music. Me thinks the music wins.

Indeed, just leave it alone. The Lord of Entropy will work his/her magic over time, no doubt.

This thread is inspiring me to downsize to a Nova…

If you’re enjoying what you’ve got, of course there’s no need to tinker, but if it was mine, I would be moving the switch and the power supplies well away from the rack, and using a power block without an LED.

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People who really don’t care, like me, use a power strip with a neon light and some uncertain impulse limiting circuitry…

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I’m impressed, I don’t even know what that is!

Surely +5 points for LP cover open side down, on carpet (if un-vaccuumed +10)…respect…
:fist_right: :fist_left:

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