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

Hi all and thanks for your responses. Teo, thank you for the extra and interesting thoughts. Not sure what I will do yet. The tidying up factor is at a minimum having me think about it. The lifters are on Music Direct. 

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you can get pack of balloons $1..2, fill them with air partially using hand held pump and knot them around cable in several spots so you can place them on top of balloons. if you’re creative enough with balloons, you can make 4 legs out of one balloon instead of 2.

Total isolation - lighter than air: get a bunch of helium filled birthday balloons. Float the cables! Yeah, baby!

My wife and I suspended every cable from the ceiling with fish line in our system, the effect was far from subtle, it was jaw dropping! You can actually see the sub power cable fish lines sway or dissipate the vibration, no snake oil with the fish line system. 

Great posts Teo. As on the money as it gets. Waiting to hear the counterpoint from the pseudo-scientist skeptics, but guessing the same old arguments will be put forward. 

I use lifters in my system. The original thought was to use them to properly dress the cables (i.e. make sure there are appropriate distances between cables, and to ensure power cables cross speaker and signal cables at 90 degrees where possible, etc.). Apparently some of the deep thinkers here find no value in that. Plus, it makes everything look more organized and that is a consideration for some. To each their own. I never bothered to compare the sound before and after. They were inexpensive, and they more than accomplish the cable dressing as I wanted. Any sonic improvements above achieving appropriate spacing and routing would be icing on the cake, and their is no evidence that it hurts the sound. Their are certainly cheaper options to experiment with than what you are looking at as others above have suggested. Give it a try for yourself.