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Post by gazjam on Aug 26, 2018 10:04:42 GMT
My tweaky heads been niggling me since getting new speaker cable, took 10 minutes to do this and very glad I did. Music flows slightly better and is a touch more open at the top end, especially on female vocals.  Its worth getting your cable up off the carpet folks, no audio foo required. |
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 26, 2018 10:27:11 GMT
Hmm ... my speaker cables are lying on a concrete fireplace surround.
Is that the same as raising them, I wonder?
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Post by gazjam on Aug 26, 2018 11:03:10 GMT
Suppose the surface the cables sit on can potentially make a difference?
Thinking carpet, static...
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 26, 2018 11:13:07 GMT
Some speaker cables are quite well shielded whereas others have very little electrical shielding. So maybe the effect depends on the type of cable. I do think you need proppa audiophile cable lifters, though.   |
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 26, 2018 11:19:36 GMT
Certainly worth a bash for nowt ! Have been toying with the idea of raising the speaker leads off the carpet How much madder can we get  |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 26, 2018 11:29:16 GMT
Mine is resting on a tiled floor. I could experiment with something absorbent like sorbothane pucks.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 26, 2018 11:32:43 GMT
May even be a difference on a thick rug !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2018 12:27:50 GMT
I use the Shunyata cable lifters and like what they do I wouldn’t sell them.
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 26, 2018 12:30:36 GMT
Of course, the purist would avoid metal and plastic and use only natural materials for lifting the cables.
Those metal hooks would be very much a no-no.
That Be Yamamura chap was all for that sort of thing iirc.
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Post by gazjam on Aug 26, 2018 14:56:47 GMT
Coated in rubbery plastic As Be Yamamura might say "very rubbery" |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 26, 2018 15:06:53 GMT
These lifters on eBay may be worth a try...  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 26, 2018 17:06:34 GMT
I have loads of wood, ply and MDF I 'just' need to cut up
The boss has a jigsaw cutter thing too
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 13:54:52 GMT
One of my speaker cables runs across the all of the TV gubbings, so I could do with improving things. I like the idea that gazjem has come up with and may just try it.
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