Suspended cables


Hi folks,

Still a bit of a newbie here.

I have gained an understanding of the reasoning behind keeping speaker cables off the floor.

So ...,

Each of my mains have a 1.5 meter cable connected to it’s own monoblock. The monoblocks sit 26" above the floor and nearly level with the speaker terminals. Speaker to monoblock distance allow the cables to be suspended completely from the floor in a loosely hanging arc (about 8" above the floor).

Is this better than using cable risers? 
Are there any reasons not to do this? Stress on connectors? Bad for cables?

Thanks all!




hleeid
The only way to deal with cables is to interview EACH electron personally and have them give their point of view.  Remember, electrons are NOT all alike.  Some are white, some black, some Asian, some Latino, and some are mixed.

You have to understand their relationship to each other to understand WHERE they want the cable when and for what specific songs.  For example, for Eagles songs, they prefer to be ABOVE things, and for AC/DC songs...well, you see the issue there, of course.

I suggest 6 years of college and a couple of PhD degrees in physics and psychoacoustics before deciding something as important as dealing with cables.

OR, you could just realize that ALL the stuff about cabels is bull.  If you bought them from an audio shop and they cost more than a few bucks, well, you will have to figure that out yourself, I guess.

Cheers!
I likely won't be spending thousands on cabling, but to say there are no differences, no improvements to be had is in my opinion not very open minded. I can A-B compare a set of power cables with another that I have on hand and tell 100% of the time which of my three sets of power cords has been inserted in my system when they are connected to my amps.
Differences are in transient attacks and decay times. 
Risers? I'm open minded enough to allow that they perhaps improve things, but can't hear the difference. If someone wants to play around with them what's the harm? 
Instead of spending money on something that really is "pseudo-science",
"black magic" and the rest of bs.... and spending huge amounts to no effect... Here is something that one CAN DO. Use batteries for power with decent true sine DC/AC inverter with double the power of your amp, or better, all of the components electrical consumption. Chemical power is very stable and clean and batteries can provide huge amount of amps in very short time interval. If you buy, say 5KW inverter, that costs 400-500 USD these days, you should be able to enjoy music finally.... Total isolation from the grid. And even if you use cheap cable, you will be surprised!
And just remember... Your power supply does not start with you wall socket, regardless how much money you spent on it.... Try looking behind the wall and down the street... and then add a few hundred or thousands of miles or kilometers, it wont make that much difference, of the grid length... and try to imagine all kind of step-up and step-down transformers along the way to your wall socket...and your super, hipper expensive, super clean piece of cable... and tell me what it's worth then.
I love music and HI-FI...just as crazy like a lot of people out there...
But I prefer to spend money and brain power where it really counts and actually makes the difference...   
Just raise the cables above the power cords to reduce noise pickup.

Raising above the carpet does nothing.