oh and feel free to crack glen campbell jokes.

thanks bud. My dad still collects them, and now that they arent used any more, he says that BEMC(the Utility Place he works for, (though he has long been promoted way up the chain from lineman) has hundreds of them not being used(they have done away with them altogether). I will probably grab a lot more of them, as many as can fit in my storage room.. if anyone wants some, just shoot me a private message, and ill send a few out gratis.

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Those are awesome. Believe it or not there are collectors for those.

Sir, that isnt something I can even answer. I havent read many reports on the cable elevation practice. ive heard that they make a difference, and they were free, so i figured what the hell?
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue36/elevators.htm

heres an ad though......
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I agree that they can't do any harm, and if the price is right, then why not try them, if one wants to. Now that that's out of the way, what possible plausible effect could they have?

I can only imagine an effect if cables were positioned on something like nylon carpet that can build up a significant static charge or maybe a stone floor that acted as some form or earthing - but what would be getting earthed? Who knows? A few years ago I installed the devices below as a joke when having an audiophile listening night. I'm damned if I could hear any difference but a few who attended swore my system had never sounded better and was worse when the insulators were removed. The devices themselves were given to me by the linemen installing a transformer that stepped down 22,000 volts to the Australian domestic supply of 240 volts suppling my rural property. I've still got 10 of them packed away somewhere. Maybe I should sell them on ebay but what the hell would I advertise them as and who'd (be silly enough?) to pay the postage on them? They weigh a ton.

As this is my first attempt to attach an image link here I hope it works - - fingers crossed.

what cables are those?

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There's always the levitation route.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

what the hell are those circular speakers and that triangle thing that appears to be the brain?

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Not sure resting cables directly on nozzles of Helmholtz resonators is the way to go necessarily.

no, probably not. but what is that gear?