Cable supports on the cheap...


Has anyone in audio tweak land tried using post tension cable chairs or rebar chairs for audio cable supports?

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Thr cables should sit on a means of suspension like a rubber band or damping material like thick sealing foam tape.

A late friend with sensitive ears used the cardboard tubes from used-up toilet-paper rolls.

AudioQuest Fog Lifters are pretty inexpensive (8-$149) look kinda cool and seem to work pretty well.

ozzy

On a budget?

  • take a trip to a dollar store
  • buy childrens alphabet bricks e.g. A, B, C, .....Z
  • buy some craft sticks
  • hot glue a piece of the craft stick to opposite sides to stop the cable sliding off the block
  • if your cables are heavy/stiff, then glue the block onto a 2" or 3" ceramic backsplash tile to stop it tipping over

Nice thing about this solution, being wood they are non conductive and non capacitive - zero ipact on the signal

If desired, add the foam strip as mentioned above or use a rubber band across the two craft stick uprights to support the cables

I decided to try these because I have man-made fiber broadloom on the floor and figured this may impact the capacitive effect of the overall cable performance - lifting them off the broadloom mitigates that problem.

Since I was not conviced it would have an impact I opted for a very affordable solution. They are still there and seem to do the trick.

People are "amused" at yet another crazy (but very affordable) solution

Regards - Steve

Use egg cartons. Shaped perfectly and everyone has'em.

Take the eggs out first.