An inspired idea - and thank you for the suggestion. I’d been thinking about this kind of thing for months and, as we all know, the hi-fi market solutions are a tad expensive (IMHO) and I wasn’t convinced how they would work with Naim SL ‘speaker cable – and these, see pic below, are great - and, better, can be cut as required.
If anyone is considering these, I’ve used the 125mm tall ones, where the cable height is 100mm from ground – and I’d say, space no more than 500mm (less for turns).
A big ~£15 for 50 via Amazon (delivered - from ‘other sellers’).
Naim have historically put major efforts in minimizing microphonics entering their electronics meaning they believe vibrations heavily influence the performance.
Floating IEC power inlet, floating IEC connector, Floating Powerline UK connector, floating brass plates, lifting resistors, cable shall hang free, burndy not touch floor etc etc. Vibrations = evil.
Having +10m of cable laying directly on the floor being connected to the same electronics should influence this in some way carrying those floor vibrations via cable into electronics meaning lifting them and place an isolator of some kind at the beginning and end of a cable should be beneficial.
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SNAKE OIL,its a pyscological thing yet again,ah well nevermind.
Yeah, I think it’s fully covered under section 5.4.1.2 of the flat earther’s manual
Both Superlumina and even standard Naim banana plugs are designed to mitigate coupling. There’s a reason why the pins are so loosely goosey on standard plugs.
That said, I did cable lifts for about 5 years but stopped. The visual impact of the lifts and the added difficulty in cleaning around them was miles more detrimental than any slight improvement they may have made.
I am unashamedlynot in the “it doesn’t matter what it looks like, only how it sounds” camp. It does matter to me and I found it annoying. Which is saying something because I’m okay with speaker cable slack out in public view.
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I once tried some Audioquest cable lifters in my system and also some Cardas ones. They both made a very noticeable difference to the sound - worse in each case. Possibly some cable lifters alter the sound in positive ways but I really can’t be bothered with the time and expense to experiment to find those right ones. One thing’s for sure, it’s not just a matter of elevating the cable off the floor. The actual construction and configuration of the lifters themselves play a very significant part. I suspect also that the construction and configuration of the cable itself will interact with specific lifters in different ways with totally unpredictable results. It’s not a ‘one size fits all” situation at all. Nordost make some lifters specially tuned to their own cables for very silly money.
Cripes!!! that’s a fireman’s hose not a cable!!!
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A special lifter for a special cable. This might be sufficient, hopefully 
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I can only think the ‘speaker cables are wrapped in something soft, as the sheathing profile doesn’t look even. Plus, the I/C’s in the background must be relatively lightweight, noting how far back they extend from the kit – of course, kinda helps when you don’t run a mains cable over an I/C.
Per my post ~20, I can say that using the ‘lifters’ I pictured have made a not very subtle difference e.g. better separation, better bass control, better detailing, this perhaps due to having a floating wood floor over concrete (re-bar’ed plate and screed). A very cheap way (£15) to test-out ‘proof of concept’ in my room.
Now that’s a lovely sausage!
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One of the things that always surprises me is the inconsisitency displayed by many audiophiles in their attitudes. Those people who regard cable lifters as ‘snake oil’ will likely be putting their equipment on special tables with spikes on them, and using fancy expensive cables. But that’s OK?!!
It doesn’t seem to me to be particularly difficult to comprehend why cable lifters should make a difference to the sound. The phenomenon of microphony is well understood. Cables like anything electrical are microphonic so it makes sense that placing them on something that isolates them from vibration or at least changes the way in which vibration impacts on them should alter the sound.
I don’t care what people think one way or the other but I just find it strange how some people will accept that things like spikes affect the sound yet ridicule cable lifters. To my logic if you don’t accept that cable lifters can affect the sound then you also need to reject all other sorts of things like spikes, special racks/tables, speaker stands, dedicated mains feeds etc. etc. It’s a strange old hobby for sure.
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Unfortunately this statement is not universally applicable to all participants of the HiFi industry, be that manufacturers, promoters, retailers - or even customers.
PS: I do not use loudspeaker cable lifters in my system - as there is no need (or benefit).
Not when I (ahem) tasted it…
Never again!
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