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A Couple Little Things I'm Wondering About

Two quick questions for anyone with any experience with either topic.

1. Why do some folks with usually higher end systems use those cable lifters to keep the cable elevated? What are they intended to do? If you use them, what do they do for you please? And if you know do they make sense from a purely technical standpoint? 

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?

Thanks!
jcolespeedway

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oldhvymec
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Ok on the covers, they do help depending on the type you use. They are for point to point, crosstalk, and noise reduction. Not so much the newer stuff. The older tube preamps, they can get a lot of crosstalk between different, sources. They still work quite well, just one source at a time, is an option too. Otherwise, they do dress it up a bit in the back, and keep the dust and tarnish down, on the actual contact area, until they are used.

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oldhvymec
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So technically don't be technical, and everything will work out actually.

:-)

I do understand, ya just got to try somethings. I've spent my life around folks telling me what's wrong, BUT I was the guy fixing want they broke...

A lifetime!! You have to love to tinker, and be happy with your own accomplishments. Who cares what others think, I or you still fixed it, not BROKE it...Big difference...
Some are made to fix things, some are made to break things...

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