[thunderbrick]

These apparently come in colors and styles, good for Spouse Acceptance Factor situations...  Seem very popular on Galveston Island.

[Letitroll98]

Those are some really thick speaker cables, the very definition of fire hose cables.

I'm using four of those bed frame risers I got at Goodwill for $2.99, they work great.

[JLM]

In nearly 50 years at this I've not found a single tweak that is beneficial, including various cable risers. 

[Letitroll98]

In nearly 50 years at this I've not found a single tweak that is beneficial, including various cable risers.

They were $2.99, are you protecting me from being ripped off by Goodwill?     I admit to only hearing ephemeral effects with cable risers, other things have made very noticeable improvements.  I'd also note that the intent of the thread was humor.

[Elizabeth]

Cheapest and most likely to cause discussion is to use empty toilet paper tubes as risers. cut them in half and snip a pair of U or V shaped slots place on end slot up, place cable on. Free except for a little time involved.
If toilet paper tubes causes distress among those unable to dissociate from the use/origins of the tube... use paper towel roll tubes...
If you like them, paint them black.. buying the paint raises the cost from zero to a few bucks..
If you are really lazy, just use the tubes as is, (instead of cutting them) laid down and the wires over the roller like tubes.
Other folks use shot glasses, bits of wood (I now use exotic wood blocks myself)

[twitch54]

In nearly 50 years at this I've not found a single tweak that is beneficial, including various cable risers.

wrong, cable risers do make vacuuming/floor cleaning much easier .........

[Elizabeth]

On "not hearing weaks do anything"
Before I moved up to Magnepan 20.7 speakers(from Magnepan 3.6) I was not as able to hear too many minor changes. After the 20.7's were broken in I was able to hear a lot more subtle details and small changes in the tweaks.

[rollo]

Cheapest and most likely to cause discussion is to use empty toilet paper tubes as risers. cut them in half and snip a pair of U or V shaped slots place on end slot up, place cable on. Free except for a little time involved.
If toilet paper tubes causes distress among those unable to dissociate from the use/origins of the tube... use paper towel roll tubes...
If you like them, paint them black.. buying the paint raises the cost from zero to a few bucks..
If you are really lazy, just use the tubes as is, (instead of cutting them) laid down and the wires over the roller like tubes.
Other folks use shot glasses, bits of wood (I now use exotic wood blocks myself)

 "Paint it black you Devil" Sorry could not resist. Rolling Stones.

charles

[Mike-48]

In nearly 50 years at this I've not found a single tweak that is beneficial, including various cable risers.

I almost said, "Me, too," but then I remembered one. With my previous DAC and streamer, image stability improved when I added a reclocker (Mutec MC-3+USB). Interestingly, when I changed the DAC, the sound was no longer better with the Mutec in the circuit.

But over 50 or so years for me, too, the experience with tweaks has been poor.

[Letitroll98]

Cheapest and most likely to cause discussion is to use empty toilet paper tubes as risers. cut them in half and snip a pair of U or V shaped slots place on end slot up, place cable on. Free except for a little time involved.

I had saved up a few to do that very thing, using only the nice round ones that hadn't been crimped in any way, but then found the bed frame risers at Goodwill.  Filled up the rest of the kitchen trash with the rolls I had saved.

[Speedskater]

Lifters for a smaller cable:

[dflee]

I'll bet that really keeps the shit flowing.

Don

[twitch54]

I'll bet that really keeps the shit flowing.

Don

   and it looks like downhill as well !