I tried elevators a few years ago and couldn’t hear the difference. I think it depends on what cable and what carpet you have. Worth trying.
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I have my cables on Ikea glass candle holders that sell for about $.49/each. It's been that way for a long time now. After reading the dreck that usually pops up here, I remembered Pierre Sprey (Mapleshade) having something to say about them. Looking it up, he's of the mind that cables should be at least 8" off the carpet to be free of it's effects. Already having a 6" 4x4, I went to the local hardware store and got four more cut to the same length for a whopping $10! Someone call the cable riser nannies! It took about half an hour for the cables to settle in from the moving but there is more clarity now, even more than the 1 1/2" Ikea glass candle holder afforded. This is a very cheap thing to try for yourself, so what's all the hubbub about? All the best, Nonoise |
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/173838868105?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-139619-5960-... These are the best at just 50c each, if your stupid enough to think they make a difference. As they have 6 different heights you can choose from, and they have the bottom v groove for speaker cable and the top grove for interconnects for long interconnects to monoblock amps between the speakers. Cheers George |
If you have thick static inducing carpet, I found elevating your cables does make a difference. With a hard floor probably not. It's not just cables, getting your power strip/distributor off the carpet and onto its own isolation platform also helps reduce noise. You can attack those high priced audio cable elevators, while at the same time benefitting from the concept of cable elevation. |
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