Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference?

Perfectly put. Cheers.   ;-)

prof,

I think you missed my point.  What I was saying is you intentionally trying to be illogical out of being self-indulgence.  I think you enjoy doing it lols :-)

I got your point andy.   I think you missed the point of my reply.   ;-)

I like tweaks and have a bunch of them. This one has never revealed itself as sounding better.  I run my cables under my floor in my conditioned crawl space and my system sounds the same as when I had those funny looking ceramic risers all over the floor holding my cables.  No change. 

Perhaps it's time to invest in a new smoker and bbq sauce... : )

This one has never revealed itself as sounding better.

I haven’t tried lifting my cables for well on 25 years. When I did, I heard a small difference and thought nothing of it. After reading this thread with all the usual suspects and sides, I tried doing it again, using some Yoplait Oui glass jars.

All it took was 7 of them to lift my speaker cables off the carpet. All I needed to hear, to hear a difference, was about 10-20 seconds into a well known CD to hear the difference, and ended up listening to the whole thing. Cleaner, clearer, period. Removing the Oui jars brought back the veil I had prior to using the jars. More of a smearing, actually.

No cost. Simple to replicate. Trust your ears and leave the arguments to the know it alls.

All the best,
Nonoise