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    I'm bald but I am fairly sure those are a hair product Grant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by agk View Post
    I'm bald but I am fairly sure those are a hair product Grant.
    yup, but work well with cables too. you can buy loads for pennies and just pop them round all cables it separates them from each other.
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    Good shielded cable should stop you from having to worry about separating cables. I have a "tidy" rats nest from my systems of I have notice ZERO difference cable dressing and rats nest configurations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    yup, but work well with cables too. you can buy loads for pennies and just pop them round all cables it separates them from each other.
    - not for audio -

    You have to cryogenically freeze them first.

    I must admit that I can't see what is wrong with using the car accessory thingies linked in post 1 - 8mm holes would be fine for most cables.

    But then ....

    Quote Originally Posted by REXTON View Post
    I have a "tidy" rats nest from my systems of I have notice ZERO difference cable dressing and rats nest configurations.
    I agree. I recall tidying up my rat's nest of cables - I was really disappointed at not being able to hear any difference whatsoever.
    So, it's just a free-fall free-for-all chez Jerry these days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RobbieGong View Post
    What you using ?

    Is there anything like this for audio http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorcycle...jc3Y7ewnTQ34vQ
    Only potential problem being - if you give credence to such - is these are made of metal therefore are magnetic.

    I just dress the cables so no mains cable runs along side signal cables, if cables have to cross each other then its at right angles.

    I think dressing cables well makes sense from a standpoint of being able to easily swap stuff out and see where cables are going. I also think running mains cables near signal cables could effect the signal cables, but I have never done a side by side comparison, so do it purely to be neat.

    I know some folks are uber anal about this, even not letting cables touch walls, floors and racks - I am not one of those types.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L View Post
    Only potential problem being - if you give credence to such - is these are made of metal therefore are magnetic.

    I just dress the cables so no mains cable runs along side signal cables, if cables have to cross each other then its at right angles.

    I think dressing cables well makes sense from a standpoint of being able to easily swap stuff out and see where cables are going. I also think running mains cables near signal cables could effect the signal cables, but I have never done a side by side comparison, so do it purely to be neat.

    I know some folks are uber anal about this, even not letting cables touch walls, floors and racks - I am not one of those types.
    I try to do that ever since reading about it here years ago. People who reckoned they could hear a difference if a cable was touching the wall or not. I mean, no, you almost certainly can't hear that, but it is a free tweak and not that hard to do. I draw the line at cable lifters, mind. Everyone has to have a line.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    I try to do that ever since reading about it here years ago. People who reckoned they could hear a difference if a cable was touching the wall or not. I mean, no, you almost certainly can't hear that, but it is a free tweak and not that hard to do. I draw the line at cable lifters, mind. Everyone has to have a line.
    Cable lifters seem silly, but having never tried it I have no real opinion about it.

    Dressing cables neatly only costs time.
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    Keeping signal cables away from mains leads and equipment mains transformers makes sense. If you've ever used unscreened interconnect cables, you'll be aware that hum is picked up quite easily and although not necessarily audible with screened cables, it's possible that the mains influence could still be having an undesirable effect.
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    Aye, not tried it either. If I was going to I certainly wouldn't pay money for the lifters. I mean it is very doubtful they do anything to begin with, let alone they should need to be made of rare African hardwood and cost £500 each. I have a speaker cable that goes across a thoroughfare anyway so to avoid creating a tripwire I would need to raise that cable up by six feet. That's not going to happen.

    I have heard a very expensive system that used fancy cable lifters. It was, to be frank, shit. Probably not the fault of the lifters but it did occur to me that it was really not worth them bothering with such ephemera until they had the thing sounding at least acceptable to begin with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Keeping signal cables away from mains leads and equipment mains transformers makes sense. If you've ever used unscreened interconnect cables, you'll be aware that hum is picked up quite easily and although not necessarily audible with screened cables, it's possible that the mains influence could still be having an undesirable effect.
    Which is the reason I do it.
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