I know I have lost my mind and have gone insane

Did you just lift the cables, or did you disconnect them first, lift them, and then re-connect? If so, there's your answer...

-RW-

I have similar experiences everytime I play with my cables and IC's. Next day its back to normal. Doesn't have diddly to do with them laying on the floor (I have hardwood, perhaps thats why) or being elevated.

Nrchy is right out routing your cables. Keep the IC's away from anything which has electricity, i.e. transformers, power conditioners, etc, due to stray RFI and magnetic fields.

Hi Zilla.

I don't think we have all the answers to why elevating cables work but here's a bit of a brief cut and pasted from our website...

"...Speaker cables, interconnects or AC power cords that rest on the floor are susceptible to a host of sonically degrading ills such as: static electricity and/or dielectric interference from carpeting, capacitive coupling to "earth ground" and floor bound resonances. These all can affect the energy field surrounding a cable and change the electrical parameters designed into the cable robbing the music signal of it's energy and life. Strange as it may seem, lifting your cabling off the floor will result in a more focused and vivacious sonic presentation."

You're not nuts.

ENJOY! and Best Regards,
Robert

...BTW, now you got me thinking about stupid tweaks that work. Here's a worthwhile freebie I discovered years ago and that Jonathan Scull, when he wrote for Stereophile, also made mention of...

When listening in the sweet spot, remove your eye glasses if you wear them. You'll be pleasantly surprised to find your music images a bit better. I bet some of you already have experience with this.

Oh...and definitely DO NOT hold a big board up in front of your head when listening to music. You'll most likely get bored very quickly.

sorry, couldn't resist that one.

Anyway, Cheers!
Robert

I once listened to music standing on my head and it profoundly affected my listening experience and, believe me, I know the sound of my system and the sound of music and the sound of anything under the sun. You and me both are great discoverers, on the level of Newton I guess. I say we both get a Nobel prize. What do you think?

PS It could have been the synergy between the nylon shag and my hair.