A Couple Little Things I'm Wondering About

mapman neglects to mention he is #1 on the Hateful 18. In fact he is the one who when I considered his total lack of contribution, awful record in terms of false information, and relentlessly insulting innuendo first made me realize there are people there simply is no upside to engaging. He knows this, knows it very well. The fact he doesn’t mention it is another stain on his character. Its dishonest and deceitful to hide his ulterior motives in wanting me banned. It must gnaw at him daily knowing one of the greatest most helpful contributors on the site considers him literally beneath contempt.

What is the theoretical likelihood that anyone who's put a lot of time and money into a project will forever bind themselves to the projected end? And swear they hear the difference?

Why? Is that the way it works with you?

Hit a nerve, eh? Oh well. The censorship bias is yet another reason for the list- which you will never get off of. So live it up.

facten

To each his own experience and YMMV. I was skeptical about cable elevators but decided what the hell give them a try . I have found they make a difference whether the cables are on wood floors or carpet. The benefit in my 2 systems was apparent right away . I'll +1 millercarbon on these statements he made. 

" Greatly improve sound quality. I've done demo's. Its easy to hear "
" Improve clarity, detail, soundstage depth, and focus "

Thanks. Unfortunately as you can see those of us actually willing to try and listen are outnumbered and insulted for the crime of being audiophiles with the audacity to LISTEN and CARE what things sound like.

They have driven off a number of highly accomplished audiophiles. We got rid of one, and a big one, so that's a start. This site needs a total house cleaning. Appreciate any and all help. 

Millercarbon has a splendid imagination.

And the people who heard my system, they all imagine the same?
How do you explain Deborah hearing it even with her eyes closed? 
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367#&gid=1&pid=10
Your blind MDS hatred is getting the better of you again, Mike. 

Tweaks are pornography for audiophiles 

Shouldn't have gone there. Cut you slack for so long now, but Oh well. You did. Too late now.

Sounds like something a measurebator would say.

https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/7.htm

See Equipment Measurebator: Bottom Level 1 (Hell).

You ever want to try and claw your way up from the bottom let me know. But first you have to knock off the insults and apologize. Yeah. Congratulations. You made the list. Bye!

1. Why do some folks with usually higher end systems use those cable lifters to keep the cable elevated?

No idea why some folks use them. I use them because they greatly improve sound quality.

What are they intended to do?

Greatly improve sound quality. I've done demo's. Its easy to hear.

If you use them what do they do for you please?

Improve clarity, detail, soundstage depth, and focus.

And if you know do they make sense from a purely technical standpoint?

Probably. But it took a while. They would seem to make sense from a dielectric point of view. Everyone knows the importance of quality insulators in cable design. Then you go and lay your cables on carpet, or wood, or whatever that is nowhere near as good as teflon or other quality dielectric. Cable Elevators are actually ceramic insulators, designed to insulate and prevent the propagation of electric charges. 

So for a long time this seemed the most likely technical explanation. Until I coated mine with TC, which is highly conductive, and they work even better. So it can't be that. 

Cables vibrate a great deal. Hold one some time while playing music, you will feel it. What if the real reason is they hold up off floor vibrations while allowing the cable to move freely? This I think is the correct answer. Because the effect is greatly improved by using rubber bands to suspend the cables above the cable elevators. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367#&gid=1&pid=10
All my cables- power cords, interconnects- are suspended on cable elevators with rubber bands. I don't do these things for no reason. You never in your life heard a system this good. 

2. I bought a bunch of those gold plated caps to cover all the unused RCA jacks on the back of my AVR. I believe they are intended to keep noise down. If you use these, please comment on them. Do you think they do what they're supposed to do, and/or do they make sense from a purely technical standpoint?

What is this obsession with technical explanations? If you hear it, will you not use it unless you can explain it technically? What if there's a great technical explanation, but you can't hear it doing anything? Will you buy it anyway?

Let me save you a whole lot of time and trouble. The vast majority of technical explanations are either wrong when used, or will be shown years later to have been wrong. The very few really good technologies (Tekton, DBA, etc) hardly anyone understands anyway. They're good, but nobody gets it. Even though DBA has been around decades still hardly anyone gets it.

So enough with the technical obsession already.