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Proper Cable Placement.

Having discovered recently the improvements of moving all powercords away from interconnects , lets move on to proper placement of interconnects . Lets use interconnects going from pre amp to amp as an example. Is it best to keep the left and right interconnect as far away from each other as possible? Is it the reverse , should they be gently twisted around each other? What are your thoughts on this and general interconnect placement to ensure minimal interference and maximum performance? Appreciate your thoughts........
darrylhifi
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tony007
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Just drape them neatly without any added tension other than their natural weight. Also, keep them from touching each other, other cabling or the corners/edges or the equipment rack.
jdombrow
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For interconnects, I have been using one or two small pieces of styrofoam to keep the cables separated. This works well. Does anyone have comments or suggestions on this?

JD
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marakanetz
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I use reusable cable ties from RadioSnack and tie them to the rack so they don't touch powercords and possibly away from each other if applicable.
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timo
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The best material/product to use is ceramic cable towers in the case of keeping audio cables off the floor/carpet. Those made by Rightway Audio are the best IMO. Getting and keeping cables off the floor/carpet creates a tremendous improvement in music dynamics, detail and dynamic range. What you are essentially doing is reducing the capacitance to ground and increasing the resistance to ground by elevating the cables off the floor. As a result, you are getting less signal "drainage" to the carpet; thus more signal gets to the loudspeaker or amp on time and intact. There is more to this simple discussion than what I attempted to summarize above.
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