Why put speaker cables on foam?

DaveBk posted:

It's pretty obvious there's a benefit - how else can you convince all your wanky, nerdy Hi Fi mates that you are at the bleeding edge without some exotic wooden speaker cable supports?

Forget pipe foam, unless it's a rare Brazilian hardwood, hand crafted and polished on the thighs of virgin beauties, it's nothing...

Dave

What a very pleasant thought Dave !  

I wish I had your imagination for product design, you're obviously the kind of chap that Naim should be signing up to their development team.  

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Tricky problem to solve,  I would suggest you need a numatic drill to release your cables from the concrete, any small pieces break up with a sledge hammer.....once cables are released then rest them carefully  on foam......

wenger2015 posted:

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Tricky problem to solve,  I would suggest you need a numatic drill to release your cables from the concrete, any small pieces break up with a sledge hammer.....once cables are released then rest them carefully  on foam......

I don't think you're seeing the bigger picture here, surely the right answer is to leave the cables in concrete, but get structurl engineers to gently raise your house from the foundations and insert a layer of foam, thus decoupling everything in one fell swoop, and also being very  useful in earthquakes.

wenger2015 posted:

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Tricky problem to solve,  I would suggest you need a numatic drill to release your cables from the concrete, any small pieces break up with a sledge hammer.....once cables are released then rest them carefully  on foam......

You need one of these a JCB Cable Extraction Device

Pcd posted:

wenger2015 posted:

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Tricky problem to solve,  I would suggest you need a numatic drill to release your cables from the concrete, any small pieces break up with a sledge hammer.....once cables are released then rest them carefully  on foam......

You need one of these a JCB Cable Extraction Device

 

On reflection, maybe a small stick of dynamite,  save on hire costs...

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Fool. What you should have done is dig a trench, fill it with water and then float your cables on chunks of polystyrene. 

I think I might be onto something here.

Drewy posted:

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Fool. What you should have done is dig a trench, fill it with water and then float your cables on chunks of polystyrene. 

I think I might be onto something here.

Umm.....cables and water.....strong possibility of experiencing some form of inky blackness ...

wenger2015 posted:

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Tricky problem to solve,  I would suggest you need a numatic drill to release your cables from the concrete, any small pieces break up with a sledge hammer.....once cables are released then rest them carefully  on foam......

Without meaning to be indelicate, I think you need a pee.

(pneumatic)

Innocent Bystander posted:

wenger2015 posted:

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Tricky problem to solve,  I would suggest you need a numatic drill to release your cables from the concrete, any small pieces break up with a sledge hammer.....once cables are released then rest them carefully  on foam......

Without meaning to be indelicate, I think you need a pee.

 

 

 

(pneumatic)

Well spotted... 

I choose a mix of Wool and Man made fibre about 2.5 cm deep that sits on a hessian backed foam, this is sooooo good I decided to cover my whole floor with it.

wenger2015 posted:

Drewy posted:

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Fool. What you should have done is dig a trench, fill it with water and then float your cables on chunks of polystyrene. 

I think I might be onto something here.

Umm.....cables and water.....strong possibility of experiencing some form of inky blackness ...

Splashy treble?

Drewy posted:

wenger2015 posted:

Drewy posted:

Craig Mac posted:

Am I loosing out here - I've buried my cables in the concrete in the floor; can I make up for it by putting my speakers on foam instead  ?

Fool. What you should have done is dig a trench, fill it with water and then float your cables on chunks of polystyrene. 

I think I might be onto something here.

Umm.....cables and water.....strong possibility of experiencing some form of inky blackness ...

Splashy treble?

Possibly no need to damp the room either once the trenches are in.

right said fred digging a hole

audio1946 posted:

right said fred digging a hole

Different songs, both by Ted Dicks & sung by Bernard Cribbins (personally I find 'Hole in the Ground' much funnier).

Both songs need to be poured into concrete...best place for them...