Corner post electric insulators 100% ceramic at Tractor supply about $1 each. 0 conduction.
A ridiculously cheap cable riser.
It’s made by Grip-Rite, who named it the "Individual Plastic High Chair". It’s intended use is to support the rebar rods employed in the laying of concrete, and can be found at Home Depot in bags of 20 for $5.08. That’s just slightly more than a quarter apiece!
To use simply slide your power, speaker, and/or interconnect cable through the two raised "arms" that form the open semi-circle you see in the pic (what you can’t see very well is the flat circular base of the Chair). Or, if you wanna get really nutty, loosely stretch a rubber band between the two arms, thereby creating a bridge across the open semi-circle, upon which will rest the cable, 2.5" above the floor.
Cute, ay? ;-)
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I started out with my SCs about 2" off the floor using some Ikea glass candle holders that go for about $0.49/each. Same for the power cords. What I found was when I raised the SCs higher, the sound got better and anything above about half a foot didn’t make a difference anymore (I must have reached the offending limits of the synthetic carpet I’m stuck with). Not having anything that could suspend the SCs that high, it occurred to me that my system is pretty close to the front wall so I ended up using some Command Wall Hooks that use double sided tape to suspend my SCs with.
If your SCs are thin enough to fit within the hook and you’re not obsessed with the looks, they work really well. That, and vacuuming is a breeze with nothing to lift out of the way. All the best, |
@gillsysb: If you somehow get a static charge on the High Chair's (my first memory is of sitting in a high chair, watching my Mom iron in the kitchen. The ironing board was one of those that folds down out of the wall, hidden behind a small "door" when not in use. Lots of houses were built with those in the old days), just hit it with an anti-static gun (like the Zerostat, or better yet the Furutech DeStat III). |
@bdp24 thanks for posting this! These could be great at supporting heavy power cords. |
Installing a "power adder" to a SBC is a no brainer. The equivilant of adding an additional powered sub to your system, doubling your amplifier power, etc. In theory, if you add one atmosphere of boost (around 16psi), the increase in torque will be equivilant of doubling your cubic inches -- 700!!. This may be a bit impractical in that other "stuff" will need to be upgraded as well (including fuel), but it illustrates the power (literally) of power adders. Even 5 pounds of boost to a bone stock motor will help you get up a hill. Especially helpful if you’re towing something home, like a pair of Wilson Alexandrias on a flatbed trailer. |
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I’m betting that the user name @1971gto455ho refers to a ‘71 goat with a high output big block v8 with a displacement of 455 cubic inches. |
@bdp24 ...sounds like a 'fun' car project, but my 'good luck' wish includes living in a locale with 'reasonable' fuel pricing.... Any 'emission tests' ought to be as 'negotiable' as the ones' a Triumph Spitfire I used to own...*G* The shop we gave all our 'car issues' to found the only way it would pass was to lay the tailpipe sensor on the floor beneath the tail pipe... Other than feeding it an occasional unbent pushrod (not a huge task for an afternoon, esp. with the 'hood' opened...one could sit on the front tyres...), a fun cheap ride...*S* Good times... |
Thought I would share this with you all. At Axpona last month I paid attention to who used cable risers and if any seemed truly committed to them. The answer is- maybe 70% of the rooms use risers at all. Of that 70%, none seemed to care that the cable did touch the floor in places or another cable. I start to think these folks use them because they feel they "should". There was one room that had all the cables properly segregated and above grade. Darned if I can recall who though!
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@1971gto455ho: I wouldn't dream of arguing your points (lifting cables off the floor may be for those looking for the last 1% their system is capable of). I brought the High Chair to the attention of Audiogon members after seeing how close in structure the Chair is to the Shunyata DF-SS Cable Elevator, the price of which I also consider ridiculous (though in the opposite direction). For the truly obsessed, in place of the rubber band use instead a strip of fo.Q (fok you? ;-) Damping Tape (another favorite of millercarbon). So do you have a '71 GTO with an engine that puts out 455 horse power? I'm thinking about bolting a Whipple blower onto my Chevy small block. That engine is grossly under-powered (250 hp) for the Tahoe Ltd. it sits in. |
Funny I’d bet 75% of the sound systems out there aren’t of the revealing value quality to notice the minuscule difference raising the cables off the floor will achieve. Sorry don’t waste your time, remember you have to lift all that crap every time you vacuum lol. Ask MC… he’s probably still cutting open vacuum cleaner bags trying to recover his little system gadgets. Cheers
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