Shakti Stone

just as a pre-cupcake appetizer....

Any weight will affect vibration in the chassis which will affect microphonics which is a known cause of sonic change. This could be waht is heard with a Shkti stone and would be hard to separate from the claim of electro magnetic affects made by Shakti. Perhaps both affects occur.

The critical thing is do you really hear a sonic change and if you do, do you like it. Knowing the cause scientifically is great and reassuring but too often we aren't granted that knowledge. That's why audio is both subjective and objective.

Total game-changer.  Veils are parted, windows are opened, equal to a component change, for sure!

One thing I can say, they have held their value better than just about any other thing in this hobby.  Instead of gold, consider Shakti Stones as your financial safe haven.

Flame away. I use them in my system to excellent effect.  One on my preamp and one on my phono stage.  It takes all of 5 seconds to remove them and another 5 seconds to put them back. I have not personally experienced any loss of spaciousness, any darkening/veiling of sound, or attenuation of upper mids and high frequencies.  I just hear more detail.  Probably just confirmation bias.

I don't have the stones to reply to this but I do use tinkertoy creations for cable lifters. Is there a sea change? Who cares, my cables are suspended and I'm just fine. The dude abides.