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do you need to elevate interconnects?

Many audiophiles and dealers recommend elevating speaker cable off of the floor or carpet for optimal sound.

Is the same true for longer interconnects runs? Will running an interconnect along the floor tend to injure sound quality?

On a related note, is it a mistake to run interconnects under the carpet or along base boards/trim?

Your thoughts most appreciated.

Thanks,

--dan
dgaylin
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
Elevating cables only works with clever clocks and brilliant pebbles.

The synergy is virtually impossible to quantify.
opus88
530 posts
 
Dan...Unless you already have ics and scs that you feel you might be able to "live with", your only opther options, it seems, are to take a chance with buying based on what you've read or heard from others or making an effort to contact The Cable Company and have them send you something for audition. True, there is a charge for borrowing, which can be used as credit toward buying from them, but even if you don't, you might find yourself in a better situation money wise in contrast to buying from someone outright and finding that you don't like what you've bought. Good luck, in any event.
newbee
4,822 posts
 
FWIW I've used 25 and 15 ft runs of IC's on hardwood floors, at base boards on the room boarders and on/under carpets. In the air and on the floor surfaces. I've never detected any reason to prefer using lifts for IC's. But, everything else being equal, it was easy to distinguish the difference between those two runs of identical IC's which I assume was due to lengths. Maybe my stuff doesn't have high enuf resolution to reveal the benefits. :-)
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