Cable elevators

I actually made some out of a crepe myrtle tree that my son wanted cut down. I took the trunk and cut about 1" cookies. Sanded them, let them dry and used them to get my Canare cables off the carpet. Did they make a difference? I have no idea, but my family and friends are impressed with my handiness, creativity and frugality.

The natural notches in the woof hold the cables. BTW I drive Harbeth 30.1 speakers with a Luxman L-505 Uxii integrated amp. Not much compared to what many of you run, but they are a good match for my room, my ears, my music and my budget.

I tried using some unused, inexpensive 3 layer sound insulating blocks from Ama-Bay in my primary system and could hear a small difference in clarity as well. My floor is thin carpet over plywood in an apartment.

Who’d have thought?

Okay, I’ve been enjoying the discussion, and listening. For the last week I have been listening to the system with the “building block risers” in my system with my Wireworld Equinox 8 speaker cables. 
 

Today, I removed the risers—takes 30 seconds. My go to album for the week has been Cash and Nelson live VH1 Storytellers. Listed to a couple of tracks, put the risers back in, out, and then in again.

Without question there is an audible difference. With the risers in, the music has greater intensity and realism—I can actually hear the reverb in the recording room. Pretty cool. The vocals are more forward and the timbre in the guitar is clearer. If I want a mellower sound, I can drop the risers out. 
 

Aside from the aesthetics, this is a definitely in the why the heck not department—no cost. If you don’t hear a difference, no loss when using scrap wood. 
 

(I don’t understand snake oil pot shots for an easy to try and free tweak. If it’s not your thing, how about scroll on)

Now, I’m going to see if I can use my building blocks to build even higher risers.

Here's mine. 

They do absolutely nothing, but they sure look neat.  Less than 20 bucks into them. 

@w123ale  agreed!  Seems very system, cable and flooring dependent.  Seems pretty clear and simple.  If it improves the sound in your system great use them, if not, don’t use them and scroll on!  I have wood floors and ribbon cables so no improvement but I still use a few since i made them.  Why not.