Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference?

@spoumouzert:   I had the same question and found an old thread on this forum where someone recommended tealight holders from IKEA--50 cents each made of glass--so i ordered 10 to lift the cables and see if there's a difference--$5 + shipping experiment--so try and see !

@nonoise  My pleasure--they arrived today, one broken--called IKEA and they will replace although they first want to credit you 50 cents !  Haven't tried them yet but even if no improvement...Jim Smith said they would definitely make a difference when i talked to him in person---we'll see...

@nonoise I haven't had a chance to put down those IKEA holders--too much Christmas stuff going on--if you get there first let me know what you think.  There are many cheap solutions here but those had WAF.

and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well--hope you're getting something audio for Christmas--i am--a nice 2 LP set of "Waiting for Columbus"--how do i know ?  I ordered it and wrapped it !

It's like climate change debate or any politics these days--neither side will change the others' mind--but believers can share while non-believers can only bash--and i have no idea yet which camp i'm in on this !

However, most here are fundamentally chasing the same thing questioned by the OP:  Is there a way i don't know about to improve the sound of my music--in this case raising speaker cables off the floor--some say they hear a difference, some say no way--for me if the tweak is cheap enough i'll try it without needing to do scientific research--if it isn't cheap i probably won't (well, except maybe room treatment which seems the most credible tweak on this forum).  It's always interesting to hear why or why not but the purpose of this rabbit-hole hobby is for audiophile fanatics to decide for themselves--by listening--and if they hear a difference they like there is no amount of physics, electrical engineering etc. that will convince them it doesn't exist--i too am skeptical of those who won't accede to measurement testing but that also presumes that all of our measurements systems are infallible--are they ?  So i'm going to try this tweak if only because a few credible individuals with reasonable dialogue have said it "can" (not "does") make a difference and for $10 i can listen for myself.

@khughes:  What does quality of recording have to do with the OP's post ?  Zero.  I'm guessing he already knows that nothing will save a crappy recording.  He's asking if this particular thing will improve a good recording.  So your comment is irrelevant and useless to him.
Perhaps you haven't paid attention to my prior posts to the OP--the tweak is so cheap you can try it and see if you hear anything--posters that say they've tried and don't hear anything--that's of use to the OP--posters that haven't tried anything and still diss--useless as you know what on a boar (or is that a bore?) or as Willie might put it:  "There's deceivers, and believers, and old in-betweeners
that seem to have no place to go..."  

@khughes: "So personally, not being terminally OCD, I have no desire to try endless tweaks - most if not all with no supporting rationale *why* they might, maybe, possibly could do something - using my "reference" best recording to see if some minute difference, on the ragged edge of perceptbility, might manifest itself."

So--Why bother commenting ? You haven't tried it, don't want to try it--don't believe it--how is that helpful to the OP ?  Who's handwaving now?

@nonoise I'm too naive

@mahlman:  Are you talking about acrylic tube cable risers ? or what ?

@prof   OK so initially you were happy in your subjective beliefs but some of your friends convinced you that you shouldn't believe what you did so you left your happy bubble in order to prove that being happy was wrong ?  And by golly you proved it ?  So what was the point ?  That truth is the goal regardless of how miserable it makes you ?  I came from the other direction--first believing solely in the empirical method and naysaying anyone who held solely subjectivist beliefs--and then i heard something i shouldn't have heard--and it was not measurable--but it made me happy--so, bubble burst i entered the world of voodoo gladly and happily but with restraint on the wallet--like i'm about to try with the tweak of this thread.  Given that all audio perception is subjective--i hear things you don't and vice versa i'm much happier just listening and enjoying the music without someone telling me i shouldn't or can't possibly enjoy it unless i've first determined if it's actually real...
Merry Christmas to all--my son is home and i'm happy and i sure can't measure that...

@nonoise Glad you liked the tealight holders and that they are effective.  Hadn't thought of flipping them over but can see how that might be better for digging into the carpet. Funny thing is my wife is betting they won't make any difference so she went and bought a bunch of votive candles to put in them if i surrender. 😀Win either way !  I haven't gotten around to it yet with all the Christmas craziness (translation--i haven't done my Christmas shopping yet !) Just went to the mall and immediately left--too nuts!  Gotta get there early tomorrow i guess--the price of procrastination is i have to shop on my birthday...

@ prof:  Glad you found a teammate--through my life that was the most important thing !
But your life can also be validated by those who disagree...so everyone's a teammate--just some are JV...