Speaker cable lifters.

I use my own homemade cable lifters.  I start with ceramic isolators that I bought at Tractor Supply supported by small bungee cord stretched over two wooden dowels.  The base is a flat square of wood that supports the dowels.  Very effective and after staining they don't look bad.  My cables are about 5" off the floor.  I made  8 risers for the speaker cables and 16 risers for my interconnects from the preamp to the amps.  Power cords rest on the previous wooden blocks, which are lower to keep them from touching the speaker cables or interconnects where they cross.

I experimented some years back with wooden bowls that we had.  I heard a difference so I cut of some lumber into wooden blocks.  From there I came up with my design using the ceramic isolators.  Not as techy looking as those AQ cable risers but much less expensive.  My design idea was to use the bungie for mechanical isolation and the ceramic and wood for static/electrical isolation.

I originally had carpet.  When I installed the hardwood floor I kept the cable risers in place.  I have never repeated the listening tests with and without risers on my hardwood floor.  You know, if it isn't broken, don't fix it.

@tattooedtrackman - the answer depends on

1. your cables -
   • you said they are thick,which suggests a complex cable geometry
   • They probably take into account the effect of different floor coverings
   • I doubt if risrs would make any improvement
2. your floor covering
   • if you have hardwood without any soft covering then risers would probably make little difference, depending on the cable
   • Carpe or rug - wool is best (see below)
3. your floor - wood, concrete, ceramic
   • eithere of these woud probably not impact your sound

Man Made fibers are the worst and putting some air between the cables and the floor convering may be beneficial (depends on cable geometry)

I made my own from chlidrens alphabet blocks (from a dollar store) glued to a small cereamic tile for stabiity. on opposite sides I glued two pieces of craft sticks to hold the cable in place.

• the tile is 2" square and bought in a sheet for a shower floor - from home depot

Not the most elegeant solution, but people like their simplicity and being wood/ceramic does not impact performance.

They made very little difference from when the cables sat on the broadloom, but my cables are not prone to the type of interference that can occur in this situation.

I’m all about keeping costs low and looks are not important, so the blocks were ideal for me

I would not place bi-wired cables on top of each other - try to seperate them by about 2 inches

Regards - Steve

@williewonka   Hey Steve. Thank you for your input. I appreciate it and maybe I’ll try something like that and make my own. 👍