Brick or Carpet?

Brick is preferable.

This would be what I expect. Any thoughts on the reasoning? If the cable lifters that you can buy are made of ceramic, that is pretty similar to brick. Of course the goal is to have the cable suspended for the most part, but if I run along brick will it really degrade sound quality? I have tried some A/Bing here, and I'm not sure what I am hearing, if anything....

If you can use brick you should be able to use Telephone Pole insulators..I use the ones with the groove built in and they work great and are cheap..I see them at Flee Markets,Garage sale,Antique shops..As cheap as $2 each for the small size...I you need pictures e-mail me off line and I can send e-mail you some............

The reasoning is brick and other similar solid materials are less prone to static electricity and other electrical or magnetic disturbances than carpet.

Telephone pole insulators are the way to go. They work. It leaves you to decide on creative ways to mount them. Of course the WAF comes into play, so just don't go screwing them into the drywall studs for the telephone pole affect.