Why was this thread not started in the " CABLES " section ? Lots of posts in 10 days here about such a significant, audible improvement to be had, by doing this. I find, isolating all of my cables, mechanically away from floors and walls, and eliminate all negative, electrical, static, mechanical, and audible influences, the cables do not exist. @geoffkait ....I follow you completely, on the subject.
Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference?
My cables are laying on the floor (in a mess), would raising them off the floor really make much of a difference? The problem is they are quite wide and too long
http://mgaudiodesign.com/planus3.htm so any suggested props are appreciated! Cheers
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I have a suggestion. Does the insulator on a speaker cable store and re-release an electric field capable of doing something to the sound? A way to find out is connect one cable pair to an amplifier but not to a speaker. If you use tube amplifiers, especially SET, you won't hurt the amplifier and it should be safe with much solid state. Connect another cable pair to a speaker, the more sensitive the speaker the better' but not to an amplifier. Tape the two cables against each other so the amplifier voltage in one cable pair is able to store the electric energy in the dipole molecules in the cables connected to the speaker. Turn up the music on the amplifier to the one set of cables and place your ear against the speaker with its disconnected cable. I do not think you will be able to hear the micro-volt effect of molecular dipoles tilting and returning to normal. That is one test where there is no danger of any placebo effect in a listening test. |
I like everything in my system to be "just so"- e.g. cables organized, components perfectly aligned and centered in the rack, speakers positioned precisely, speaker cables run neatly, etc. I have the personality that I need visual order. Without judging anyone I believe that this is a form of expectation bias, a clean car with a fresh oil change seems to run better than a dirty one, a neat orderly system sounds better than a cobbled disorganized mess. I have heard no benefit to speaker cables being raised from the floor but it does look neat and orderly and I can understand how that works. |
avanti1960 I have the personality that I need visual order. Without judging anyone I believe that this is a form of expectation bias, a clean car with a fresh oil change seems to run better than a dirty one, a neat orderly system sounds better than a cobbled disorganized mess. >>>>>>Have you consulted an OCD specialist? |
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