D-Wings Cable Management

Introduction

All of us have had to deal with cable management in our audio and home theater systems. What we usually end up with is a tangle of wires that look like a mess. There are a number of cable management systems out there, but they most often involve tubes through which you pass the cables.

D-Wings, marketed by UT-Wire, represent a completely different, and much easier to use, cable management product.

D-Wings come in two sizes, as shown in the photo above. The smaller one will hold a single AC cable or a pair of interconnects. The larger one will hold several pairs of interconnects. Need I say that you should NOT run an AC power cord along with interconnects in the same D-Wing? In fact, you can use D-Wings to hold the AC power cord at a 90° angle if it has to cross over the interconnects.

D-Wings are available in black or white, at $7.99 for a bag of 18, with both sizes in the bag, and you can buy them at Home Depot.

The Design

D-Wings are made of hard rubber and have an adhesive back. First, you decide where you need to place them, and then you peel the adhesive cover off the back, stick them on the wall, base of the floor, molding along the floor or ceiling, etc. Then you simply push the cables through the slot at the top of the D-Wing, and that’s it. No mess, no fuss. No screws, no clamps, no tools required.

In Use

I had a cable problem with a pair of speakers in my living room. The equipment rack is on one side against the wall, near the left speaker, and the right speaker is across the room. I originally ran the right speaker cable along the floor underneath where the flooring overhangs the atrium floor which consists of 12″ ceramic tile. The cables were out of the way, but eventually, they would slide away from the overhang and sit on the floor, very visibly, and could be stepped on.

I used four D-Wings to correct the problem.

Here is the first D-Wing, which controls the speaker cable as it goes from the right channel speaker to the base of the overhang.

The next photo shows the rest of the D-Wings, holding the speaker cable off the tile floor, and underneath the overhang, where it is completely out of the way . . . permanently.

Conclusions

Out of all the cable management systems I have ever encountered, the D-Wings are the easiest to use. They work perfectly, are practically invisible, and they are inexpensive. Get some and see for yourself.

John E. Johnson, Jr.

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. John E. Johnson, Jr. founded Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity in 1994, shortly after publishing a hardcopy book of the same title. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity until 2022. John has been involved in audio and video for more than 50 years, having built radio transmitters, amplifiers, turntables, and speakers from scratch. He was also one of the founders of the Northern California Audio Video Association, now The Bay Area Audio Society. John holds four university degrees, including a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, and has published numerous scientific books, along with dozens of scientific articles on biomedical research topics as well as imaging technology. He was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of two medical/scientific journals for 20 years. John holds several patents, including one on high resolution image analysis and one on a surgical instrument. He has been affiliated with NASA, The National Institutes of Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Stanford Research Institute, and The University of California at Berkeley. He is President of the consulting firm Scientific Design and Information, Inc., which is based in Redwood City, California. John resides in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife and multiple kitties! His daughter, Cynthia, who was an integral part of SECRETS for many years, resides in San Francisco.