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

@tubegroover right on. There is no doubt that tweaks like this come in after room treatment, speaker placement, isolation/coupling.. in fact, I'd wager that, if you haven't sorted those issues, you'll probably not even be able to notice differences created by tweaks.

Nobody said do the cable lifters before room treatments or isolation or anything else. The devils in the details. A lot of seemingly preposterous or insignificant tweaks add up to a big deal. It all comes down to where youngest off and what you’re trying to accomplish. I realize a lot of folks here are satisfied with where they are and have taken a break from the action. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Obviously cable lifter, like fuses and such are for audiophiles who wish to go behind the usual ho hum. By as far as cable lifters being controversial, I beg to differ. They're not. If anyone things cable lifters are controversial just wait till something that's really controversial comes along. (Oh, it's coming!) Then you'll be begging for mercy.

If your family is into collectable figurines, just borrow some and put them to good use. You can always rationalize it by saying they're serving a higher purpose and that it saves money.

All the best,
Nonoise

How about little statues of Hercules or Atlas? Or little statues of a javelin thrower and remove the javelins? Statues of Liberty?

Hercules, yes. While out for my morning walk, he was the first thing to come to mind. Just notch out a space for the cable at the top of the world and you’re set.

Or, if classical music is your thing, busts of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, etc. can hold those cables high with their period coifed hair.

Heck, you can even use garden gnomes.

All the best,
Nonoise