Video and audio cables... Don't mix?

Dbphd
Thanks. I've little choice in where and how to run this affair aside from location and size of the channeling.... ceiling or wall... It's ceiling for the PJ cables, and hopefully the wall for the rear speaker cables.

The decorative fix is just to paint each wire hider channel accordingly. Making conduit more invisible I believe is the way to go.

You might try creating a hollow beam or molding arrangement so the conduits can be hidden by decor. Instead of trying to hide it, make it an attractive feature. Of course, I, myself, have snakes of wires running around my room, but advice is easy.

db

Well for good or ill... I'll put up two runs of smaller channel. One for the Audio and the other for video... and just try not to look up too often.

Thanks much all for all the imput here.

Others with more knowledge will answer this, but since HDMI is fully digital data transfer, it should be very obvious in the picture and sound if there's any interference from speaker or mains power cables.
I would assume such intereference would more likely affect analogue transfer (eg S-video, RGB etc)?

Two conduits - channels eliminates much of this consternation.

Bob_reynolds
Gee thanks, Bob, your input is always pertinent and appreciated.

I never thought of it that way 'round as my focus is always on the audio... except here. Now it's gotta be on both.

AS the HDMI cable and the composite won't ever be energized for long simultaneously, I'm at a loss to see how there can be much derogatory an effect, wouldn't you agree?

Aside from the occasional quick POP or PIP look see... only one cable at a time will be hot.

Tgrisham
Very good!
Thanks for the tip. I'll get up there this weekend and check it out.... maybe it'll take paint.

As much as I dislike having a double run of conduit up there on the ceiling, I believe I'll just do two runs of half the size and just get them up against each other real close... and paint 'em of course.

I found flexible plastic corrugated hose for wires at Lowes. It works fine. Black, not pretty. The HDMI is several very small wires, the video single ended should be shielded. Although it is theoretically not ideal, I doubt you will see or hear the difference. My concern would be more for interference with the video display more than on the speaker cables. In that case you will see the difference, but I doubt it. The 4S11 will reject some interference due to its quad geometry. I have it running through walls and around some AC lines with no noticeable effect, albeit in a smaller and less resolving system. Try it that way first and see if it makes a difference.