[Gbjerke]

much?

 

[nkd]

Makes it easier to clean under them.

 

[ThePredator]

Obviously being near the ground has a capacitive effect on them.

 

[SmellyGas]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gbjerke /img/forum/go_quote.gif much?

It's best to keep the cable perfectly horizontal between your amp and loudspeaker. Otherwise, the electrons have to work harder to climb up against gravity.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Did you notice that the cable elevators are almost exactly the same thing as glass or ceramic insulators used for telephone and power lines?

You can buy the insulators for about $5-$10 each, but the cable elevators are something like $100 each.

That right there should tell you everything you need to know about them.

 

[nor_spoon]

Maybe Patrick should chime in. I am sure he has some opinions on the subject...

 

[pyrokid]

hmm... I didn't know people bought these. I thought they were all DIYed.
I just made some because I saw everyone else with them, and because I wanted to make the cables more visible so I wouldn't trip on them.
i just cut little pieces out of a 2x4 though.

 

[TheAttorney]

I think it's to do with vibration control. This is a big thing in some quarters - for example, Vertex AQ put boxes in the middle of their cables, the primary purpose of which is to stop vibratrion from travelling the length of the cable and affecting the end component.

Don't shoot the messenger. I haven't tried any cable supports and I don't have any Vertex stuff.

 

[krmathis]

Easier to clean the floor, and for all I know they may even improve sound quality.

 

[iriverdude]

I'm using 1' x 1' gold bars, resting on diamonds the size of baseballs. Of course I have a 7.1 system, and speaker is tri-amped so I need 21 of these. A bargain.

 

[salannelson]

Yes

 

[Sherwood]

Mine are on homemade risers (i.e. wrapped around my rack and suspended in mid air) because when I left them on the floor my roomba devoured them.

The audible difference between a whole, unbroken strand of copper and a broken one wrapped around a robotic brush head is really night and day.

 

[xnor]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gbjerke /img/forum/go_quote.gif much?

As much as believing in high fidelity cables.

 

[twylight]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif Mine are on homemade risers (i.e. wrapped around my rack and suspended in mid air) because when I left them on the floor my roomba devoured them. The audible difference between a whole, unbroken strand of copper and a broken one wrapped around a robotic brush head is really night and day.

LOL! thanks for that - I saw the image in my mind:

Sherwood "What the hell is that noise? Smell?"

(runs to his listening room and sees the Roomba bashing its head in the corner with a speaker cable in its mouth, shredded..smoking...)

 

[Mediahound]

Personally, I use special oxygen free oxygen infused Panamanian wood holders on my desk to hold and keep the headphone cable off the desk when I'm listening to them.

I also have a replaceable upgraded headphone cryo cable that I buy in bulk because I throw it away after each listening session. Why risk the cables getting corroded?

I also never unplug the headphone jack from the amp b/c I don't want any chance of dust or corrosion getting in there. So, I have to throw away the headphone amp after each listen too.