for max (lithium-ion) battery life, recharge often, keeping the battery level between ~40 and ~70%. deep cycling (e.g. charging fully to 100% and running it down to ~15%) wears the battery out faster. presumably, this applies to lithium-ion batteries used in EV's as well.
I have never heard a comparison between lifted cables and non-lifted cables, but also for me it is a step too far. And it looks downright stupid. If you have visitors, and you try to explain why you have cable lifters, they might immediately call the doctor.OK, I gotta vent....
So I'm a believer in cables making a difference (up to a point), especially low-level inter-connect signal cables. I believe that there are many somewhat extreme things that are seemingly absurd that may have a positive impact on sound. Some of these I have not completely discounted because in my mind they might just possess a tiny shred of possibility and believable logic, although it is not yet proven. So where is this going?
I draw the line at cable lifters 'improving' sound! That's just balderdash, silly, nonsense, fiddle-faddle. And if one tries to tell you that maybe your system is just not revealing enough to benefit from it, well, then I would question their hearing and not your gear.
** IMHO and YMMV, of course. (Can you tell I just watched a video expounding the virtues of cable lifters on sound?)
Like switching from fuel to electric cars.Creating a known bad situation in order to show that you have the "fix" for it is not proof of anything other than you figured out how to create a known bad situation. It is a typical tactic used by politicians, however.
It's for vacuuming, I tell them. Hopefully my wife doesn't tell the real reason
I have a Ram EmoDiesel (my brother's term for it!). The little 3.0 V6 will deliver up to 33 mpg on the highway at a constant 55 mph. I did that a couple of years ago because in northern California there was a roughly 100 mile stretch of Interstate 5 that was marked at 55 MPH due to construction. I got 27 mpg when I went to T.H.E. this year in Long Belch. I drive the speed limit and obey the "Basic Speed Law" we were taught in "Driver's Ed" decades ago.
Sounds great! Lets us see the finished product. I saw a Youtube reviewer swear by risers. He was using tinker toys for the lifters and heard a significant improvement (significant is in the eyes of the beholder). Anyway, good luck!I may build some cable lifters just because it will allow me to use up some wood I rescued when a limb fell on my property. I have tiled floors where my audio equipment sits and I believe the lifters are used to get the cable away from carpeting. I will most likely give the lifters to someone who wants to try them.
In recent experiments I found I could kiln dry small pieces of wood in our convection oven. I did this with honey locust for a hatchet handle.
I will turn the lifters on a wood lathe.
It will be a while before I can start but it should be a nice quick fall or winter project. I need to build a couple of amp cabinets, some mini speakers and an audio rack first.
Lots of YouTubers swear to almost anything that brings them views/clicks/percentages.
I have no thoughts either way on the value of risers. I suppose an individual could be blind folded then led into the sweet spot in a room to see if he or she could tell when the risers were in place. I think this is a job for @bcowen and his blindfold should be made out of Sorbothane.Lots of YouTubers swear to almost anything that brings them views/clicks/percentages.
I think I would too if it paid my bills.
I feel like I've been promoted. Just a few short weeks ago it would have been a cardboard blindfold.I have no thoughts either way on the value of risers. I suppose an individual could be blind folded then led into the sweet spot in a room to see if he or she could tell when the risers were in place. I think this is a job for @bcowen and his blindfold should be made out of Sorbothane.
