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Tiny bridges everywhere, but why?

As I am getting closer to my first "complete" system, I am starting to research and get opinions on smaller tweaks. The cherries on top, so to speak. The term "smaller" covers the size, cost and possible impact to SQ. 

I do not know what they are called but I am seeing all sorts of devices holding up cables. Don't know why but they remind me of Navy Seals running out of the ocean with a telephone pole over their shoulder...

Thanks to this forum I have learned that everything in some way impacts SQ, so whatever these thingamabobs are called, do they impact SQ or are they a form of cable management? Both? Do materials matter? Am I going to have to splurge on rosewood versions treated with stain containing ash from one of Jerry Garcia's guitars, or could I use old shoes for now to accomplish whatever mission these fulfill?

I could have Googled this topic, but I want to hear from you - Your experience, choices, etc. 
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ghdprentice
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Ahh, you are in the early stages. Try this. Consider the system you have to be your reference system. So, instead of thinking of selling it all, think of it as a very long termed project to very slowly and carefully move to your ideal system. But first you have to determine what that is. Make it a long-termed project to listen to every really high end system you can. Consider how yours is different. But you want to find “the sound” you want. Then you can slowly swap one component (break-in, enjoy, save money), rinse, repeat.

In the mean time read Robert Harley’s book on High End Audio, get a subscription to The Absolute Sound and Stereophile. This way you can manage the disease to slow it down and enjoy the process.

tho\
ghdprentice
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+1 what Millercarbon said.

I use the old electrical insulators as elevators. You have some good components… once you did the big stuff… the perfect time to do the smaller stuff. Ultimately it is what can add up to turning a good system into great system. 

Isolation works everywhere. While this is not tiny cost…. If you don’t have a direct line (or better yet, two, consider that. You can get a sizable boost in performance there.
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