MOTM

Since this group seems to be very keen on cables, I have a few studio 
wiring questions to ask.  Any advice is welcome, either publicly or privately.

I'm just finishing off a room in my basement for my studio.  The floor has 
been raised and there are channels in the floor so I can run wires under 
the floor fairly easily.  I like to organize my studio around different 
work areas, mostly based around different synths.  Each area has a submixer 
and Neutrik patchbay with 8 balanced trunk lines running to the console 
area.  This allows me to route things easily to various parts of the studio 
as needed.  When recording, I run the source into a direct box or preamp 
near the work area and run balanced lines to an A/D converter so the 
submixers are only used to keep things available for playing around or 
composing.

In the past, I have used Hosa 8-channel snakes for most of this wiring.  My 
results have been mostly good but I wonder if I could do better.  Most of 
the runs will be under 20'.  Should I:

- Stick with the Hosa snakes
- Make my own snakes out of multiple cables using nice cable and connectors 
- cable recommendations welcome.
- Make snakes out of multi-conductor cable, again suggestions welcome.

Finally, has anyone used balanced power systems and have any information 
good or bad about them?

Thanks,
	Eric