So… I decided to try cable elevators. The sounds are different. They’re fuller. More spacious. More separated / isolated. The bass feels deeper, more defined, longer lasting, yet subtle. Or maybe I’m imagining it. What kind did I get? M shapes cut from a wooden 4x4. So, now I’m curious. What’s …

Shunyata makes some out of some Magical Mysterious Material that not only saves lives it protects against any and all audio viruses. And each one is affordable, like $300 each. Of course a proper incantation is required to set the mood for the gear to bond with your system. Karma is a huge factor in…

My guess is elevating speaker cables removes the floor covering from operating as a dielectric, replacing it with air.

About the only reason I can think of, too. It would probably make a difference then, whether it is a concrete floor (or an earth floor!) compared to a suspended wooden floor. Me, I’m skeptical it actually makes any audible difference whatsoever, but that’s just me…

I was afraid to say this , but since you brought it up, Karma is a big part of this particular bonding process… I tried those risers, but my cables kept rejecting them. Like hairs that were normally attached yesterday, just pop off your head today. Or an organ transplant gone wrong.

That’s an interesting thought. I haven’t read any studies on how a second layer, or in this case – side, of dielectrics impact capacitance of a wire, but it likely has some kind of effect if there’s more polarization running along one side of the wire compared to the other. So far, we have magnetic…

And don´t forget vibrations from the floor. For what to use as cable risers I use all kinds of boxes my audio gear came in,with nice upgrade in SQ. I have all my cables,not just speaker,lifted up.

A dielectric relative to what, though? Unless the floor is metallic, like a ground plane, the cables are coupling to nothing electrically. I put risers in the same general category as cryogenic treatment of vacuum tubes and magic dots. No proven, published science behind it. But if users hear benefi…

This is boring. I’m going back to the Blue vs Orange fuse thread. :smirk:

I use fluffy dog toys to elevate my cables for now.

The science of cable elevators?

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Yes, the flooring material would matter as well as the composition of the risers.

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