Synergistic Research Cable Risers?

@ozzy  Based on your limited experience with the SR risers, it is apparent that something is wrong with the SR Youtube demonstration which indicates a vast change in sound with only 3 risers per channel, installed and removed.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVIKxulyLNY

I’m sure there is a big difference. But that’s comparing risers to floor. Ozzy is comparing risers to risers. Cable Elevators are already really good.

Also, and I know this is gonna cause even more eye-rolling, but moving cables around does indeed create a situation where they sound worse for a while. How much worse and for how long depends on how much they’re moved and how good you hear. Usually you can count on a few minutes even with careful handling. This complicates matters only to the extent you’re not aware and able to hear. Obviously the listener who became aware of this himself is able to hear it, while one who has to be told still has some skills development waiting out there to be explored. So the sooner you start....

Hopefully ozzy what you are doing is swapping them out one at a time, carefully removing with one hand and replacing with another keeping the cable hardly moving the whole time. This should take no more than 30 seconds to a minute. Using music you’re familiar with late at night when the system is really warmed up it should be easy to hear the difference.

Oh and while you're at it, if you're one of these guys who plays the same little bit over and over again now would be a good time to stop. Just play music you like. Don't even pause. Listen the whole time. You do this a few times, don't be surprised if you notice you start hearing the difference even bent over the wrong way with your back to the speaker.

Btw I think you’re right about the ECT, or HFT, whatever he calls it. My bet is you could stick either one ECT or HFT on the Cable Elevators and, uh, elevate their performance to the same level for less. Since you already have the Cable Elevators I mean. You should try it and if I’m right you could get the same or better performance while saving a few bucks at the same time, the Holy Grail of audio.

The question is, which HFT or ECT SR is using on there cable risers.  Maybe it was made specifically for cable risers and unavailable separately.

Acoustic Discs from Golden Sound would be cheaper. Suspending the cables is even cheaper. The higher you fly the cheaper you go.

All materials have a sound.......I would not think that a ceramic riser would be best. You do not want to induce any microvibs into the cable. Also the ceramic risers do not raise the cable very much. I like to use cardboard. I have found cardboard to be very dead and clear sounding. You can make cardboard risers for essentially nothing and make them any height you want. For instance, you can cut a piece of cardboard 13 inches by 4 inches. You bend the cardboard at 5 inches from each end. You cut a slot in the middle of the end of each of these 5 x 4 inch parts and tape them together using electrical tape, scotch tape or glue.....even string, I would think PVC tape is less prone to static than scotch tape. The slot holds the cable. The deeper you cut the slot the more area it holds onto the cable. It looks something like a pyramid when done. Here is a link to some pics where you can see a very crude one I made years ago and still use today (no WAF here....he he):

http://tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Cheap_stuff__Cool_stuff__Tweaks.html

If you have ceramic risers you might want to make some out of cardboard and compare. You can make them higher and you can make more of them so they support the wire even more. And they cost basically nothing. Fun stuff.

The Mapleshade three stick jobbies raise the cable 8 inches off the ground.  Check these out:

https://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Triad-Cable-Lifts_p_1294.html

You can make your own out of dowels, chopsticks or whatever.  Be creative.....but get those cables off the floor.