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Cable elevators

My Saturday hifi tweaking involved digging out the family’s box of wooden building blocks and using them to elevate my speaker cables off the floor. Previously under an area carpet on a wood floor. Mc 601s to SF Amati with Wireworld speaker cables (to be replaced with Cardas). 
 

The result—mind you the system is playing really well right now thanks to my new Cardas interconnects—is greater clarity (I think), sound stage, and texture. This is definitely about wringing out the last ounce of the system and maybe I’m imagining the improvement. I don’t think I’d spend any money on buying risers, but what the hell why not use the old building block. Looks dopey and the family laughs at me, but dang does the system sound amazing.

Anyone else play with risers/elevators?

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@vair68robert 

Thanks, I'll look into that as the 3M wall hangers do look a mite cheesy. 

All the best,
Nonoise

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My system audio rack is close enough to the front wall that I just use 3M wall hooks. While trying to figure out the lay of the cable, raising and lowering it see where it would fit against the wall, the sound improved with every inch I raised the cable, all the while I was standing to the side of my speaker. 

It was so obvious and immediate even at that position. I kept raising it and found no benefit past the 6" mark so that's how I hung them (no puns intended).

All the best,
Nonoise

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They say peer pressure has a greater effect (pull) on kids than that of their parents. As we age most grow out of succumbing to peer pressure as we mature while others never seem to rid themselves of it. It's like battered wives syndrome. 

I don't find tribalism comforting and reassuring. My favorite Groucho Marx saying is "I refuse to join a club that would have me as a member."

I never understood the need or desire to be the one dictating the needs of others. Lots of insecurity lies in that. Those of the least or damaged faith yell the loudest.

"The beatings will continue until moral improves" is a satyric way of speaking the truth and hobbyists are not immune from it. We see those types all the time here. Some even come from other sites to ply their ways. Be wary of them.

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Nonoise

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As Danny pointed out in the video that bolong provided a link to and most didn't bother to watch, it's not costly in the least. He made his with some Tinker Toys his kids had. Two other friends who thought him crazy bought some after he demonstrated it to them. He said it took all of 5-10 seconds for them to hear the difference and they were on their cell phones ordering Tinker Toys from Amazon.

He also points out that not every cable is going to benefit from it and not every system is resolving enough to appreciate the differences. Why is everyone getting so emotional about something so inconsequential and instead, creating false narratives as if there's only costly and ineffective ways to doing it?

All the best,
Nonoise

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