Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference?
Not a disbeliever OR a believer. I like posting this link link now and then when this subject on speaker cable pops up. Food for thought. http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#conditioner |
I've read his stuff before and after rereading his passage on cable risers, he offers nothing but his opinion that it doesn't matter, along with some pictures. Not any different than if he would have posted it here. A lot of the negative bashing seems to be wholly rote in nature, like a knee jerk response. All the best, Nonoise |
@drbarney1 - RE:... That is why I am a little suspicious of over-priced cables and the questionable physics describing why you need them. The only proven method to gauge the effectiveness of a cable is to try them. But the good news is - there are some very good cables to be had out there. Here are some general design points that I have found contribute to good cable performance:... - conductor material - high quality copper, silver plated copper and solid silver :- insulation type ----- Teflon is OK, ----- "foamed" variants are generally better ---- cotton is very good- e.g Duelund wire with cotton/oil insulation is amazing :- conductor gauge... ---- cables with a larger neutral generally provides better performance ---- larger gauge cables does not always provide superior performance :- cable geometry ----- I use a helix geometry - like the Anticables IC’s ----- ribbon geometries as used on Nordost speaker cables are also very good. ---- braiding as with Kimber Kable generally offer better performance than parallel wires, but beware of high capacitance in braided speaker wires Hope that throws some light on a very complicated topic Regards - Steve |
tablejockey Not a disbeliever OR a believer. I like posting this link link now and then when this subject on speaker cable pops up. Food for thought. http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#conditioner >>>>Roger Russell’s mindset was more prevalent back in the 80s and 90s but I would imagine these days it’s pretty irrelevant and passé. Yes, I know what you’re thinking - “but there’s a lot of guys like Roger right here on these threads.” No offense to you or Roger but too much has happened already to have any wish to put the genie 🧞♂️ back in the bottle. |
It seems like the believers are having an upper hands at the moment. The snake oil camp is having a break. Sort of like the bulls vs. bears on the stock market. Hey, maybe this thread is good for stock picking. I need to find a correlation. So market up if believers in charge, market down if snake oil camp in charge lols. You guys playing the snake oil/BS cards probably have several audio scams in your systems right now yet you choose to pick on something as simple as risers to spout off about. I chuckle at your lack of understanding the very hobby you have bought your way into.Not saying to agree or disagree. But I'll end with this quote as previously. "Extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence.". |
