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


My cables are laying on the floor (in a mess), would raising them off the floor really make much of a difference? The problem is they are quite wide and too long  http://mgaudiodesign.com/planus3.htm so any suggested props are appreciated!  Cheers
spoutmouzert
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


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

I supposed you have your point, but I think at least I was right about the self-indulgence part although that's not the only thing.  But anyway, you have the right to exercise your "right".  

andy,

We all come here to read other people's points of view and express our own as it may be.  Why would your many posts, or anyone else's,  be any less "self-indulgent?"   Seems a distinction without distinction.

Though you also seem to be saying I'm purposefully being illogical (and for that strange reason being "indulgent.")   If that's what you are saying, can you show me an example of where I've been illogical in this thread?

To spell out a point that seemed to be missed:  My initial reply to your fun comment/car analogy was to indicate you begged the question,  hence it was a nice, even if jokey, illustration of the type of replies I was describing earlier.  And your reply wasn't the only one in this thread that illustrated my point perfectly ;-)