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Is Godddammit coming close to using a profanity? Settle down.
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Cheap cable raisers, do they make a difference ?
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DonR
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Apesbrain
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I've used little red plastic cups turned upside down and clear acrylic napkin rings turned on their side. If I still had need, I'd consider these:
If it looks cool, it often also sounds better.
I use Kristy Creme doughnuts the plain glazed with holes, obviously.
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DonR
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Don't you find that the maple glazed sweeten the sound more?
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Serious comment - If moving cables around makes a difference you've probably got a bad cable (unshielded, or a broken ground, etc.) or some very strange-unusual problem. And if moving the cables makes a difference "raising' them could make the problem better or worse.
With speaker cables it should never make a difference unless some RF interference is somehow getting fed-back into an amplifier that's sensitive to that (very-very rare). Generally, speaker cables are immune to noise (or any other effects) and you can't pick-up enough electromagnetic noise to make sound from a (passive) speaker.
An exception could be phono cables near a transformer where any hum picked-up will be amplified about 1000X by the phono preamp. And if you hear hum you'll know it and you can just experimentally move the cables and you probably don't need to "raise" them to get them away from the noise source.
With speaker cables it should never make a difference unless some RF interference is somehow getting fed-back into an amplifier that's sensitive to that (very-very rare). Generally, speaker cables are immune to noise (or any other effects) and you can't pick-up enough electromagnetic noise to make sound from a (passive) speaker.
An exception could be phono cables near a transformer where any hum picked-up will be amplified about 1000X by the phono preamp. And if you hear hum you'll know it and you can just experimentally move the cables and you probably don't need to "raise" them to get them away from the noise source.
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It was a humorous comment by @Purité Audio I thinkIn audiophool land - and it appears especially in the far eastern audio markets, the price tag is EVERYTHING in high-end audio, irrespective of what goes on inside (or not, as the case may be). I was told once by a small maker that more than doubling his selling price for a valve based phono stage he made, actually brought about more sales due to the perceived value being increased as it was judged too cheap before.
Here in the cash-strapped UK, a few makers try to keep a local high end industry going, but they often get found out when properly rigorously tested, so don't usually get their products properly reviewed. Only the 'influencers' around and about 'spread the word.'
Back to topic, I don't think cable risers have made any inroads here apart from maybe one or two die-hards
This is not audiofool land, but ASR where facts and correctness are important. I think that sarcasm may be lost on the OP, so I tipped in and corrected some issues.
I trust that my contribution has been helpful to the OP.
Everyone knows the Cinnamon ones give better bass response
Krispy Kreme are EXCELLENT (although some of the better supermarket doughnuts are surprisingly effective at a push). I was amazed by the differences in coloration provided by the range of glazes available - and a selection box makes an incredible introduction to doughnut-rolling for that perfect sound. The only hitch I found was that the sound becomes dull when the dougnuts get stale and it's probably best to swap them out approximately twice a day.
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DonR
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One actual use case might be where a power cable is imbedded in the floor beneath and is electromagnetically coupling with the cable. Separation in that case will be helpful but the choice of material in the standoffs is irrelevant.
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I run my speaker cables through water to keep them cool. ;p
EDIT: fixed the missing emoticon.
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Noske
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No you don't. They are AC, so you would not be saying such things if what you said was true.
Well… kinda, sort of…to a degree…
DanielT
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Even better for easier cleaning and I think it looks nicer when it is done like this with the cables:
Interesting thread. If one cares about cable raisers, they must me in audio nirvana already. I think we would all agree that this topic comes up after you have sorted absolutely all of the more pressing and important audio issues in the room/system. And even then I would probably be more likely to spend £100k for the speakers than £1 k for cable raisers.
Maybe if you have 50kv/100amps power line in your floor.......
Or in line at Kk saying 1dz mixed to go, pls!
Noske
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Or in line at Kk saying 1dz mixed to go, pls!
I do not understand why some people cannot speak/spell simple English.
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