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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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markley
17 posts
 

I used plastic "rebar chairs" from Home Depot supplemented with round sticker foam pads on the bottom, also from Home Depot.  I used bubble wrap in the chair seats. It is an inexpensive method to see if it makes a difference. I tried one side and then the other, and noticed some slight improvement.

I also did this for the subwoofer cables on my home theater system and noticed a more distinct difference.

Hope that is helpful.

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maxboy00
277 posts
 

I bought a set of cable risers from Music Direct, years ago.....still using them.  The visual impact is cool, the impact on sound improvement is zero. 

curtdr
348 posts
 

Risers do not improve the sound.  No way, no how.  Big scam. 

invalid
1,186 posts
 

@curtdr 

How is it a big scam if it cost nothing or next to nothing and there is an actual measurable difference?

 

curtdr
348 posts
 

@invalid  believe what you want, do whatever you want, however you want to spend your time and attention.  if you spend your money or time or attention or all three on "risers," then of course you will "hear" a "difference" or you'd have to admit you're wasting resources

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