Speaker wire placement conundrums

Speedskater said:
Cable risers do not and can not make a difference.
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Cables on carpets is not a good idea. Static electricity, etc. I have a 30 and 40 foot run from my amp and used CD cases for risers. A cheap mod (or nothing at all if you use cases from CD's you no longer listen to) that was quite audible for the positive. Please try before you criticize.
 
thedudeabides said:
Cables on carpets is not a good idea. Static electricity, etc. I have a 30 and 40 foot run from my amp and used CD cases for risers. A cheap mod (or nothing at all if you use cases from CD's you no longer listen to) that was quite audible for the positive. Please try before you criticize.
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Gordon, why such long speaker cable runs ? I'm sure you didn't have that long a run back in your 'Logan' days did you ? Hope not, capacitance issue perhaps ..........
 
Well static electricity loves resistances and hanging the cables in air is a really high resistance. But the conductors are protected from static by their insulation. Static electricity also hates low resistances. Low for static is under 1 megaohm. And the conductors in cables are very low resistance.
The only time static is a problem is when plugging cables or computer cards in.
 
I am posting this under great risk of being the recipient of public humiliation and shame, but here goes. In my opinion the reason cable risers make an audible difference has nothing to due with electricity at all. It was explained to me that cable risers change the "string resonance" of the cable. This works kind of like putting brass points under equipment, it changes the vibration ( and sound ). This brings us back to my previous post in which I suggested to Google "Vansevers Pandora Power Cord." Enjoy!
 
Speedskater said:
Well static electricity loves resistances and hanging the cables in air is a really high resistance. But the conductors are protected from static by their insulation. Static electricity also hates low resistances. Low for static is under 1 megaohm. And the conductors in cables are very low resistance.
The only time static is a problem is when plugging cables or computer cards in.
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That's what you posted last time we had this discussion on the MLOC website. Oh well. Horse to water.
 
stereogeek said:
I am posting this under great risk of being the recipient of public humiliation and shame, but here goes. In my opinion the reason cable risers make an audible difference has nothing to due with electricity at all. It was explained to me that cable risers change the "string resonance" of the cable. This works kind of like putting brass points under equipment, it changes the vibration ( and sound ). This brings us back to my previous post in which I suggested to Google "Vansevers Pandora Power Cord." Enjoy!
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???? ......:rolleyes:
 
If electricity in copper wire travels at 670,616,629 miles per hour or 300 million meters per second, a 10'-20' difference in length can't be very noticeable to my ears. Then again I'm old. :P

I do agree resale may be a bit of an issue though.
 
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