18-Dec-2016, 19:15
Hi Damon, it's absolutely a good practice to do proper cable management/cable dressing. Rule number one is to keep EMI/RFI emitting power cables away from signal carrying and speaker cables. 
When they need to cross do it at a 90 degree angle. This is especially important if you use unshielded cables.
Spooling of cables is also 'not done'. This changes the electrical parameters of the cable like inductance and resistance. I'm sure you've once heard of the extreme example of spools of extension cords shorting out becuase of overheating because they weren't 'unspooled'.
Getting your cables of the floor as much as possible is good practice too as is preventing them to touch each other/other objects. This because of both microphonics and static electricity build up.
Cleaning connectors every once in a while is recommendable as well.
If you Google for 'cable dressing hifi', 'audiophile cable dressing', 'hifi cable management' or any similar search words you'll find many more elaborate practical tips as well as the reasons behind all this.
When they need to cross do it at a 90 degree angle. This is especially important if you use unshielded cables.Spooling of cables is also 'not done'. This changes the electrical parameters of the cable like inductance and resistance. I'm sure you've once heard of the extreme example of spools of extension cords shorting out becuase of overheating because they weren't 'unspooled'.
Getting your cables of the floor as much as possible is good practice too as is preventing them to touch each other/other objects. This because of both microphonics and static electricity build up.
Cleaning connectors every once in a while is recommendable as well.
If you Google for 'cable dressing hifi', 'audiophile cable dressing', 'hifi cable management' or any similar search words you'll find many more elaborate practical tips as well as the reasons behind all this.
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