SWFL Mike, that's a great description, easy to envision.
On March 26, 2018 at 18:54, Mac Burks (39) said...
I just sketched out what i need and emailed it to my mom to see if she can make it for me.
This is about the nicest, homiest touch I've ever seen here on rc. Rock on, Mac!
On March 27, 2018 at 06:52, crosen said...
This is slightly off topic, but you're going to be hamstrung by the length of the existing cables.
This is absolutely not off topic! I was going to bring this up but you beat me to it.
SB Smarthomes' photos brought up the question to me: Are the existing cable lengths going to force you to run the cables in less than optimal ways? Are you going to somehow extend some cables?
I know I'm very much in the minority, but I consider it a best practice to land all structured wiring - except category cable intended for HDMI distribution - on wall mounted patch panels.
I think maybe you omitted how you handle HDMI signals. What you describe isn't optimal for that. You're telling us one of two things: that you want to run HDMI balun signals through splices, which is recommended against, or that you're putting the baluns on the wall and then running longer HDMI cables than would otherwise be needed from the wall to the rack to the components.
That way, you spare stressing the structured wires (which you cannot readily replace), can make the patch cables running to the rack any length you need, and can swap patch cables as needed when you change the rack layout.
These are all good things if the installation method itself doesn't mess with system performance. It could be sort of a "the operation was a success but the patient died" kind of situation.
