Tidying up excess cable length

[Nickd]

I would like to request the advice of my learned friends on the forum:

Which is the correct way to contain excess mains cable & speaker cable length?

To coil it up (circular), or to form it as a figure of eight shape, I have read differing advice on both forms in past years, but I believe there is a right, and a wrong way to do it.

[Neilb1906]

I think fig 8 is the favoured method.

[Suedkiez]

See picture:

Cable management, aka the rat's nest is driving me doolally

Yes indeed, to “shorten” a length of speaker cable it should be folded not rolled. Rolling a cable adds inductance & although one or two turns won’t be significant, each circle (turn) adds to the sum & will cause the top end to roll off. Folding, each half turn to the right followed by half a turn to the left cancels the inductance. Folding with ty-wraps is good, this pic is Naim NACA5, I do the same with Cord Odyssey [image]

The folds can of course be fewer and longer or more and shorter as needed

[Nickd]

Thanks for this info young man, I thought this was the correct method, just nice to have it confirmed.

[Suedkiez]

@Nickd

young man

I wish!

[Nickd]

Thank you neilb, I appreciate your input, I thought this was the correct approach, just nice to have it confirmed.