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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?

w123ale
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https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/bunking-cable-lifters/

 

On positive feedback there is an article on bunking cable lifters, they actually measured a difference in capacitance with cable lifters in place.

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thecarpathian
4,362 posts
 

Think you mean Waterford crystal.

51514brad
13 posts
 

I once saw a video where it was demonstrated that the more cable was lifted off the floor, the less capacitance was measured. I have yet to try them myself but I expect, if a difference is so easily measured, there's every likelihood (providing your system is sufficiently revealing) one might here a difference, whether an inprivement or degradation. Personally, like others here, if I decide to experiment it will be with scrap pieces of wood or other items I already have rather than spending a small fortune.

jl35
3,980 posts
 

and since many of these risers are free, no need for the snake oil accusing  people to worry...you hear a difference or you don't...

 

digsmithd
913 posts
 

"you hear a difference or you don't"....yes its that simple.Be confident that your percieved difference is nelegable enough for your ears to use them...you dont need validation here...setem and forgetem.

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