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Should cable elevators be used?

I read the dictums from Mapleshade and others that speaker cables should be lifted off carpets of synthetic material.
I always had wool carpets but in retirement have moved to a condo covered in synthetic berber,can't say I have noyiced any great change in my 12ft MIT or ZU speaker cables .
What's the general consensus?
schubert

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rok2id
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The manufacturers would not make or sell them if they didn't make a difference. Would they??
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Stringreen....I am shocked!!!! I read your post in utter disbelief!!! You seem to be implying that there are greedy dishonest charlatans within our own ranks!!!! Say it ain't so, please say it ain't so!!
But I can take solace in the fact that I got my elevators for half off MSRP. They were $3,000 for 4, but I got these bad boys for a cool $1,500. I see where some members use toilet paper inserts.. I get my paper at walmart, and I don't think it's audiophile grade. Maybe I should try Stereophile. Do they sell toilet paper? In a sense it would be appropiate if they did.
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Some 'guru' on facebook, while showing off his 'reference' Marantz system, said cables should be off the floor to eliminate interference from THE EARTH!! I think it's all that molten iron sloshing around in the core. This planet is not audiophile friendly.
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