Power Cable Lifts/Risers, etc.

[bryans]

I have a few power cables that are heavy and leaning down due to their weight. The IEC ends that plug into my gear.

What are people using to support their cables? I know Furutech makes a riser but I'm not sure I want to send that much. Of course if we spend crazy amounts of money for cables, what a few hundred more for cable supports I guess

 

[Cellcbern]

Audio Bastion makes adjustable height “Connector Weight Supports” in different sizes that appear to be designed for power cables. They don’t feature NCF type filtering compounds but are much less expensive than the Furutech. They are also more compact than the Furutech. Check the Audio Bastion website. They are also sold on Amazon.

FYI: https://audiobastion.us/collections/products/products/cable-supports-elevators

 

[bryans]

Audio Bastion makes adjustable height “Connector Weight Supports” in different sizes that appear to be designed for power cables. They don’t feature NCF type filtering compounds but are much less expensive than the Furutech. They are also more compact than the Furutech. Check the Audio Bastion website. They are also sold on Amazon.

FYI: https://audiobastion.us/collections/products/products/cable-supports-elevators

Thanks for the info. I didn't know about them. Will give it a good look.

 

[Glide3]

I have a few power cables that are heavy and leaning down due to their weight. The IEC ends that plug into my gear.

What are people using to support their cables? I know Furutech makes a riser but I'm not sure I want to send that much. Of course if we spend crazy amounts of money for cables, what a few hundred more for cable supports I guess

These work very well in many cases and can’t beat the price
I’ve used these for awhile but also want to give credit to Bill Parish at GTT audio for reminding me of their usefulness in his latest YT post

https://www.compsource.com/buy/PLC14YW/Tripp-Lite-450/?src=F

 

[bryans]

These work very well in many cases and can’t beat the price
I’ve used these for awhile but also want to give credit to Bill Parish at GTT audio for reminding me of their usefulness in his latest YT post

https://www.compsource.com/buy/PLC14YW/Tripp-Lite-450/?src=F

Will give them a try

 

[Piotr_905]

I have tried many cable lifters, and some home-made solutions worked as well as much more expensive products on the market, so it is certainly worth experimenting. I've heard of successful attempts of toilet paper rolls being put under speaker cables But this is not something you would like to look at while listening to your favourite music hah Of course, there is a question of the degree of changes that cable lifters actually introduce. My all-time favourite is Furutech, but, for example, the best result under my amp power cord is from a boomerang I got in Australia However, it is the original thing, made of an extremely hard Australian wood, not a Chinese product from a souvenir shop. The difference with and without the boomerang is stunning! Nothing can beat the boomerang here. It's not that you should use boomerangs as cable lifters, as it might even be a little offending to the native inhabitants in Australia, but I'm including the example as a hint to what actually matters in cable lifters. To sum up, it's definitely worth experimenting Blocks of hard wood come to mind as the most cost-effective solutions. The cable in the photo is a Furutech Nanoflux NCF powering my tube amplifier.

 

[marty]

The "authentic" Australian boomerang cable lifter was definitely the smile of the day!

I've posted this before but not in a few years. I always look to the lab for audio accessories that do the job without audiophile prices. For cable lifters, it's hard to be rubber as an insulator. A #13 2 hole stopper with a golf tee in each hole works very well.

#13 Rubber Stoppers with 2 holes

2 Hole #13 Rubber Stoppers are 2-Hole #13 Tapered Rubber Stoppers that will plug bottles, lab vials and other openings. 2-Hole #13 Rubber Stoppers are manufactured from EPDM Rubber. Not for food applications. Bulk available.

www.widgetco.com

Slit rubber conduits are easily placed over the Masterbuilt Ultra speaker cables. (Rubber cable conduits and golf tees are readily sourced.)

 

[Piotr_905]

Thank you for sharing, rubber sounds good as an insulator! But of course not as good as boomerangs

 

[Ron Resnick]

The "authentic" Australian boomerang cable lifter was definitely the smile of the day!

I've posted this before but not in a few years. I always look to the lab for audio accessories that do the job without audiophile prices. For cable lifters, it's hard to be rubber as an insulator. A #13 2 hole stopper with a golf tee in each hole works very well.

#13 Rubber Stoppers with 2 holes

2 Hole #13 Rubber Stoppers are 2-Hole #13 Tapered Rubber Stoppers that will plug bottles, lab vials and other openings. 2-Hole #13 Rubber Stoppers are manufactured from EPDM Rubber. Not for food applications. Bulk available.

www.widgetco.com

Slit rubber conduits are easily placed over the Masterbuilt Ultra speaker cables. (Rubber cable conduits and golf tees are readily sourced.)

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Have you worked on comparing the metallurgy of the golf tees? How does steel sound compared to aluminum? Nickel versus rhodium? Nickel plating over rhodium?

Does galvanizing the metal have an effect on the sound?

Come on, man. Get to work!

 

[Audire]

I have a few power cables that are heavy and leaning down due to their weight. The IEC ends that plug into my gear.

What are people using to support their cables? I know Furutech makes a riser but I'm not sure I want to send that much. Of course if we spend crazy amounts of money for cables, what a few hundred more for cable supports I guess

We use Shunyata DF-SS Cable Elevators.

 

[Ron Resnick]

We use Shunyata DF-SS Cable Elevators.

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Those are very fancy!

 

[Ron Resnick]

Here is my nomination for DIY cable lifters. (This represents the extent of my DIY capability.)

four 1/2” Sorbothane self-adhesive hemispheres

four 2” Sorbothane self-adhesive hemispheres

4” x 4” x 3” sanded block of walnut (or your preferred hardwood)

The 1/2 inch hemispheres go in the corners on the bottom of the block. The 2 inch hemispheres go in the corners on the top of the block.

The hemispheres on top touch in the middle and form a little valley on which the cable rests.

 

[BillK]

I have several of the ceramic "Cable Elevators" lifts that work well, but I've also had good luck using Ayre Myrtle wood blocks.

 

[Willgonz]

A buddy of mine asked me to create these Audiophile Cable Elevators to keep his cables off the floor. He gave me some measurements and I fired up my 3D modeling software and created these. He loves them so much and he recommended I create more and list them on eBay. One of the requirements is that the rubber feet on the bottom are non-marking and that is the kind of feet I added. Each one weighs about 15 oz. These come in a set of 20 for this price. If people like them as much as my friend does, I will make more. I sold some on eBay, a special order for white ones they did 20 and then came back and order 10 more 5 black and 5 white. I can do a variety of colors and sizes and features. Want some that light up to the color of your audio room, it can be done. PM me if you are interested.

 

[BillK]

Nice Alsyvox! ??

I wonder how these sound as one of the reasons for using risers is to get cables off the plastics in carpets and you don’t specify the material used to make these.

 

[Audire]

A buddy of mine asked me to create these Audiophile Cable Elevators to keep his cables off the floor. He gave me some measurements and I fired up my 3D modeling software and created these. He loves them so much and he recommended I create more and list them on eBay. One of the requirements is that the rubber feet on the bottom are non-marking and that is the kind of feet I added. Each one weighs about 15 oz. These come in a set of 20 for this price. If people like them as much as my friend does, I will make more. I sold some on eBay, a special order for white ones they did 20 and then came back and order 10 more 5 black and 5 white. I can do a variety of colors and sizes and features. Want some that light up to the color of your audio room, it can be done. PM me if you are interested.

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Congrats. They look like a nice product. They look a lot like Shunyata DF-SS elevators without the black bands. Very stylish.

 

[John T]

A simple way to make lifts: Mark whatever size you want on a 4 x4, what ever floats your boat, oak, walnut, maple, whatever. Keep in mind mark the thickness knowing you are making 2 at a time. Depending on the diameter of your cable, 1.5" spade drill bit is pretty universal. Center it, and try to keep it straight. Place on a chop saw and cut down the middle of the hole. Now you have 2 halves with the middle burrowed out. Suggestion, drill your holes and cut the pieces from a single 4 x 4! You don't want to cut your fingers off! Stain, finish, done...

 

[cjf]

I made these years ago to work as cable lifters. Basically bought several feet of thin hardwood dowels and cut them into small pieces. Tied 3 of them together into a teepee arrangement using string and a rubber band. Cable just lies on top. Repeat for as many as you need. Probably cost me $10 total.

Can't say any veils were lifted after inserting them but I can say none were lost either

 

[Ola Swede]

I use rubber”things” originally intended for cars shock absorbers

 

[Puma Cat]

I use the Shunyata DF-SS cable elevators under both my speaker cables, power cables, and Omega ground cables that run from the Altairas to the Everest's GP-NR system terminals (the Omega CGC is the gray cable on the right of the rack). I use the DF-SS minis in places between the larger DF-SS units where a cable may require additional support.

Here's a close-up.

The pyramidal bases also a contain a proprietary rochelle salt-like substance, their ZR-CA beads, that remove the static electricity fields that are created when you lift a cable off the floor (this is measureable using an e-field meter). This e-field has an audible effect on audio quality. The elastic bands are also important as they isolate the cable with minimal surface area, and dissipate vibration imparted by the floor (or a "solid" cable elevator) into the power cable's dielectric. This causes triboelectric noise, the effect of which is audible.

I used to be very skeptical about cable elevators, until I inadvertantly placed a set of the DF-SS under the R speaker channel only. I heard a marked increase in clarity, focus, and transparency in the R-channel speaker vs. the Left.

If you'd like to hear the in-depth story behind that, let me know.