Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil

I'm in that camp - getting cables off the floor works, and to my ears, it's fairly easy to hear the difference. I don't want to debate whether it does or doesn't. I would just like to add some observations for those who have experienced the same. After trying numerous types of "lifters" I settled on some acrylic ones. The porcelain insulators - regardless of coatings - impose a sonic signature on the system. Because they provide an overall improvement, the change they make to tonal balance may or may not benefit your system. Most of the wood risers I tried did the same - improvement, but with an added signature. The acrylics seemed to provide all of the advantages without re-tuning the system. (I have not tried the Shunyata's)

- randy-11 - I haven't tried dropping them off the stands in the summer and you may in fact be right. It was winter when I experimented with all of the "lifter" variations and they have been off the floor ever since. There is no denying the improvement in the winter months when speaker wires run over carpet. No snake oil here.