Is There a Way to Lessen Vibration On Cables From Powered Speakers

@millercarbon

Yup. I lucked out in that I had the financial option to explore my idea.  I used to be relegated to only being able to afford a $300 dollar cable, maximum.  Which did improve sound, but only by small steps, but a step none the less. I finally decided to go as big as I could and for this application, Kimber Kable's Summit Palladian was as high as one can go with a C7 connection. The return on investment was immediate and light years what I had been using before, Audioquest NRG Z2.

I have since spoken to Synergistic Research, who claim they can make a cable as high up as they can go with a C7 connection, but since I am unable to find any example of a C7 connector on any of their cables, I am left a bit skeptical. Even Shunyata won't go very far in their cable line with a C7 connection.

It's eventually going to give me trouble in the future because I do plan on upgrading to Audioengine's HD6 speaker system, which still uses C7 connection, albeit directly and not through a power brick. The Kimber Kable Palladian likely won't do well dangling from any height.  It was clearly designed to remain horizontal. If I want to maintain this level of power clarity, I am going to have to test Synergistic's claim of using a C7 connection at a higher tier. 

I had looked into Nordost, but it's confusing.  Some power cables have a C7 option and some don't.  The Cable Company's list of options for some of those cables are contradictory. They offer the Frey 2 with a C7 connection, but Nordost's website does not. *Shrug*

The struggle continues....:)

UPDATE:

I found a successful solution!

Remember those foam pads?  They came from some electrical component shipping packing.  They're like EVA craft foam sheets.

Anyway, I discovered that if I sandwiched the cables between two sheets and used a rubber band to tightly apply pressure to the sheets, the cable that comes after that had significantly reduced vibration.  You could touch the cable before it and the cable after it and easily sense the loss of vibration.

I am going to experiment further :)

Okay well here's one to try then, sandwich the whole length like that.

@gaukus

When you sandwiched the cables, did the sound change for the better? Different? Worse?

@Millercarbon

I would need to get more foam sheets. At present I have sandwiched about a foot, just before the cables go off the desk.

@ghasley

The sound got better. It seemed as though there was more "depth" to the sound added.  Like the sound was thicker; if that makes any sense.

To be honest, I thought bunching them together would be detrimental to the sound. That the frequencies from each cable would somehow interact. After all, the higher tier Synergistic Research speaker cables, all the conductors are separated by a carbon fiber disk.