do you need to elevate interconnects?

I have seen Pierre from Mapleshade twist interconnects around and improve the sound. He maintains that there is only one correct orientation for each cable. However, I have never done this myself, I change my connections too often. But keeping the interconnects and speaker wires separated as much as possible is usually beneficial. I also am a believer in the long interconnects, short wires approach and usually use it, however it is not possible with my current Musical Fidelity M3, which is an integrated. The long speaker wire can be good, I am using Cardas Golden Reference, which is too expensive to bi wire with. It is usually cheaper , in my experience, to use the long cable approach.

Thanks Stanwal. I guess I'm still wondering about the main question -- which is generally in people's experience, do you need to elevate interconnects for the best sound?

Opus88's suggestion to try it and see is of course reasonable, but my problem is that in a new set-up I am contemplating, I don't want to buy the cable only to find it doesn't work....

I do it, but I admit the results are extremely subtle- to the point of there might be no real benefit.

I look at it as cumulative though, and any potential distortion being removed from the system as a (however small) step forward.

Best,

Will

Elevating cables only works with clever clocks and brilliant pebbles.

The synergy is virtually impossible to quantify.

Dan...Unless you already have ics and scs that you feel you might be able to "live with", your only opther options, it seems, are to take a chance with buying based on what you've read or heard from others or making an effort to contact The Cable Company and have them send you something for audition. True, there is a charge for borrowing, which can be used as credit toward buying from them, but even if you don't, you might find yourself in a better situation money wise in contrast to buying from someone outright and finding that you don't like what you've bought. Good luck, in any event.