Synergistic Research Cable Risers?

Butler,
You stated:
"Been trying the risers for about a week, got them on the free orange fuse promo.  In my system they did not work well, seemed to take away dynamics and reduced the organic nature of the sound.  Then moved them under power cables and much better.  Will attempt to try under speaker cables again and  completely out of play before deciding on sending them back.  They definitely impact the sound, certainly worth a try."  

Please try some risers made out of cardboard under your speaker cables.  Cost you nothing.  You can make them all sorts of ways.  I think you will like them....no lack of dynamics or organic tone in my system.  I make a pyramid out of cardboard by say cutting a piece 4 inches by 12 inches and folding it up 4.5 inches in on each side.  At the top I make a slit in the cardboard in the middle to hold the wire and use scotch tape to hold the two "wings" together.....works very well and very stable..You can make them in any height you like.  I will post a pic on my website in a day or so.

All materials have a sound.......I would not think that a ceramic riser would be best. You do not want to induce any microvibs into the cable. Also the ceramic risers do not raise the cable very much. I like to use cardboard. I have found cardboard to be very dead and clear sounding. You can make cardboard risers for essentially nothing and make them any height you want. For instance, you can cut a piece of cardboard 13 inches by 4 inches. You bend the cardboard at 5 inches from each end. You cut a slot in the middle of the end of each of these 5 x 4 inch parts and tape them together using electrical tape, scotch tape or glue.....even string, I would think PVC tape is less prone to static than scotch tape. The slot holds the cable. The deeper you cut the slot the more area it holds onto the cable. It looks something like a pyramid when done. Here is a link to some pics where you can see a very crude one I made years ago and still use today (no WAF here....he he):

http://tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Cheap_stuff__Cool_stuff__Tweaks.html

If you have ceramic risers you might want to make some out of cardboard and compare. You can make them higher and you can make more of them so they support the wire even more. And they cost basically nothing. Fun stuff.

The Mapleshade three stick jobbies raise the cable 8 inches off the ground.  Check these out:

https://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Triad-Cable-Lifts_p_1294.html

You can make your own out of dowels, chopsticks or whatever.  Be creative.....but get those cables off the floor.