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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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I think I read once that most cable lifters are carefully engineered to make the user feel special and the seller to become wealthier.... but I may not be remembering correctly. 
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stringreen
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I tried the lifter and the grounding caps....neither worked for my system.  No difference at all
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jjss49
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are we having fun yet?  :)
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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!

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