Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil

At CES 97 Pierre of Mapleshade and I suspended all cables and power cords from the ceiling using eye hooks and string, taking care to tie a rubber band on one end of the string. Was that wrong?

@teo, Thanks, great stuff!

I always have my speaker cables and power cords lifted off the floor. Yes, it does make a sonic difference and one doesn't need to spend a fortune on fancy devices to obtain that goal, however, I'll admit that some of those cable lifting devices do look very elegant!

My only complaint regarding suspending cables from the cealing is depending on the location of the room it might be difficult to accomplish, degrades the look of the room and usually will not meet the wifes expectations.

BTW; I've used wood blocks, wood blocks with a large V cut into the top and the cable supported by a large heavy duty rubber band, porcelain cable insulators, and acrylic lifters. 
They all worked and I could not tell the difference based upon music other then the music sounded better with the cables on some type of lifter.

My experience has been yes for interconnects; haven't noticed much difference with speaker cables, but the risers do keep them much tidier.  I ran my interconnects under my floor and suspended them as Geoffkait mentions from the basement ceiling (we used rubber bands and a silicone gel), it did make quite a difference in sound quality (especially in smearing of images) vs. having them on the floor.  I don't think you need to spend a fortune on the things, but they can help.