That's exactly what my though process was. If this is really an issue then I guess the consideration would be the external conduit. Even if I ran the wire on the outside of the drywall, it still isn't that much further away from the wires inside the wall so I would imagine the interference potential wouldn't be much different. ![]() I didn't think this was a problem for anything other than potential interference and that's what I was Googleing and found people acting like this was the worst thing ever and claiming it was a fire hazard (how I'm not sure since the NM wire and speaker wire are both double insulated and they won't be going into the same box), against code, etc. If I can't drill a separate hole then I can push it through one of the two existing holes that have power wires going through them. The problem is I don't know if I have the room to drill a separate hole just for the speaker wire and if I do have the room to do that, it will only be a few inches at most away from the power wires. I can get the wire down into the wall from the attic, that isn't really the problem. Or maybe you could hide it behind a picture, acoustic panel, artistic paint, Klipsch posters. Like JJ said, you might have to go the decorative channel route. Under the carpet? I'm running out of ideas! I understand it isn't ideal but I really don't see what other choice I have. My father-in-law in a building inspector for the next county over and he said it wasn't against code and didn't see what it could hurt since the NM electrical wire and in-wall speaker wire are both double insulated. I Googled this and found every answer under the sun from it'll be fine to it'll burn your house down and kill the Manatees. I would like to drill a new hole in the header just for the speaker wire because it will be easier to get it to the bottom but I'm not sure if I'll have the room to get the auger bit in there at the right angle because of the roof coming down, and there's only 14.5" to work with and already wires in the way so I don't want to risk damaging those. Both already have electrical wires running down for light switches and sockets so to get the speaker wire down to the floor, I really have no choice but to run it somewhat side-by-side with the electrical wires that are already there. ![]() From the corner I only have 9.5" to the window and 14.5" to the opening. This corner of the room has a window on one wall and an opening to the kitchen on the other wall. I finally got the wife to let me use speaker stands for my side surrounds (RB-61) and I was planning on dropping the wires down today so all I have to do is plug in the speakers when the stands come in but I might have a problem for the right rear one.
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