A Couple Little Things I'm Wondering About

tuberculin,

I use silicon (I think they are silicon) covers for pretty much anything I could find them for. No dust enymore. Of course, the question is why should I care about dust in the connectors I am not using. It just makes me feel good knowing things are clean.

I never bothered to check what happened to the sound. If anything,

tuberculin,

"I thought the subject of this thread is cable lifters!"

That is half of the subject. The other half is dust caps for RCA connectors. The question is "are they just dust caps or they are sophisticated electronic accessory?"

drbarney1,

You dialed wrong number. Please check your number and try your call again.

Stay away from cable and fuse threads. They will not be good for your health although they do get hilarious at times. You cannot make them up.

"Gone to the dogs in the last 2 years."

Hmmm, that is about the time I joined. Woof, woof.

I did not even know I was a mega-tweaker way before tweakers thought they were cool.

Once upon a time, and for years, my speaker cables were suspended. They never touched the floor. millercarbon came to that game a little too late to be considered a trailblazer.

Just put bookshelf speakers on bookshelves and amplifier on some other shelf.

"1. Why do some folks with usually higher end systems use those cable lifters to keep the cable elevated?"

What else is left for them to do?

2. I bought a bunch of those gold plated caps to cover all the unused RCA jacks on the back of my AVR. I believe they are intended to keep noise down.

Your questions both touch similar benefit.

From what I have seen on pictures, most of the cable elevators are too low.

Cable elevators of proper height help with vacuuming the floor. They have to be high enough that the vacuum cleaner can slide under them.

Covering unused connectors prevents dust from settling there.

I have covers for all the unused connectors. RCA, XLR, USB, 6.3 mm headphones, other (bi-amp) connectors on speakers, unused headphone connectors on Walkmen, etc. Covering only RCAs would be a half-baked approach.

I use rubber/silicon covers which cost a few dollars per bag that will probably cover all the connections you have.