Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil

I'm looking at some porcelain cable lifters to get some power and speaker cable up off the floor. Does raising the cables off the floor really make a difference? It's going to be about 200 bucks for 10 of them. Thanks.

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roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 06-17-2017 at 03:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete So much dust and debris collects on a floor even with good housekeeping, and cables are expensive. You wouldn't store a favorite sweater on the floor, so why not raise the cables, if only to keep them clean?
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 06-17-2017 at 03:28am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I think it's a good idea, and I have been using my own homemade ones for years. Take some PVC pipe, any gauge that fits your cables, and cut it into 4 inch sections. Now, slice those sections in half, and use PVC brush on cement to cement the top of each half circle back to back. They set instantly, and they look good, and are so stable on the floor. I can't swear that it changes the sound for the better, but it keeps them away from dust bunnies, and I have heard that it also keeps them away from static charges on rugs. As one member said, they are also useful for separating power cables that are close to one another. and two of them cradle and lift my power strip.
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 06-20-2017 at 05:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete wolf, As myself and some others have said, we choose to use them for reasons of neatness, and keeping the cables from getting dusty, or for that matter, getting in the way of dusting. Any sonic benefits that they may or may not have are secondary.
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 06-22-2017 at 04:57pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Good post Teo.
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 06-24-2017 at 11:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Wolf, I think everyone understands by now that you think there is no worth to cable lifters, sonically, or for any other reason. Enough already.
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 08-21-2017 at 09:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Robert, I like your reply, especially the last paragraph. After all of the talk, the fact remains that Starsound products make their own argument, because they perform as advertised. A Happy Customer, John
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 09-20-2017 at 12:38am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete geoffkait, Say whatever you like, but Tom's products work amazingly well. End of story!
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 09-20-2017 at 05:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete geoffkait, I never said they didn't. That's neither here nor there. But I'm sure Tom appreciates the support. He certainly can use it. What do you mean it's neither here nor there? That's is what the discussion is about.
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,656 posts 01-28-2021 at 03:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete So much talk about this! Aside from daveb, I haven't heard anyone say that they do any harm sonically. For myself as a user, I don't really notice much difference; but I still think that it's a good idea to protect expensive cables from dust and dirt, so why not just do it. It is certainly easy to make your own.

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