Equatorial Elevation Blocks

Solid equatorial teak. Because the floor is not magnetically neutral.

$295–$595 Floor ($295), In-Wall ($395), Terrestrial Decoupling upgrade ($495), On-Wall Blocking Kit ($595). Floor, In-Wall, and Terrestrial ship as sets of five blocks; the On-Wall Blocking Kit ships as a densely-spaced run of teak elevation blocks plus a floor riser per 10-foot single-cable run — enough to hold the cable dead straight inside a cable-raceway crown molding. The raceway cornice itself is yours to supply and finish, or add our optional Raceway Cornice (+$300) in paint-ready, oiled walnut, or twill carbon fibre with an LED-cove ledge.

Equatorial Elevation Blocks supporting a speaker cable run across a listening room floor

In-Wall installation viewed through a brass-framed glass inspection window in a home theater — Elevation Blocks elevating a concealed cable off the cavity bottom plate

On-Wall Blocking Kit in a home theater — a densely-spaced run of EQ teak elevation blocks holds a braided cable dead straight inside a stealth cable-raceway crown molding with an LED cove, and a teak floor riser lifts the cable off the wall down to the equipment

Cutaway of the assembled stealth raceway crown molding, its front face lifted to reveal the row of EQ teak elevation blocks inside holding the cable dead straight, with the LED cove glowing along the top ledge

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Key Features

Plantation teak harvested within 5° of the equator
Left unfinished — varnish drier compounds (cobalt, manganese) are magnetically active
End-grain load path with 22mm hand-sanded cable cradle
One block per 0.6m of cable run; set of five covers 3m
In-Wall option with non-magnetic brass fasteners for concealed runs
Terrestrial Decoupling upgrade: 120mm blocks, serialised provenance certificate

Specifications

Material Quarter-sawn teak, plantation-grown within 5° of the equator

Finish None (commercial varnish driers contain cobalt and manganese)

Lift Height 60mm (Floor / In-Wall) · 120mm (Terrestrial Decoupling) · wall/ceiling junction (On-Wall)

Cable Cradle 22mm semicircular channel, hand-sanded to 320 grit

Raceway Cornice (optional) Cable-raceway crown molding with an LED-cove ledge — paint-ready, oiled walnut, or twill carbon fibre (+$300). Not required if you supply your own raceway cornice

Cornice Access (On-Wall) Raceway molding front face lifts off for seating and servicing the blocks without dismounting the cornice

Floor Riser (On-Wall) One teak riser block lifts the cable up off the floor at the component termination

Blocks per Run Floor / In-Wall: 5 blocks per cable per 10-ft (3m) run (one per 0.6m, gentle catenary). On-Wall: ~10 blocks per cable per 10-ft run (one per ~0.3m) so the cable runs dead straight with no sag, plus one floor riser

Set Size Floor / In-Wall / Terrestrial: 5 blocks per set. On-Wall Blocking Kit: ~10 teak blocks + 1 floor riser per 10-ft single-cable run (raceway cornice sold separately)

Grain Orientation End-grain vertical (load-bearing axis)

Magnetic Permeability μr = 1.00000 (measured, dry teak)

Neutrality Grade 5N as delivered (Fe + Mn ≤ 10 ppm, measured per billet); 6N by selection

Dielectric Constant 2.1 at 12% moisture content

Moisture Content 12 ± 1%, kiln-dried at origin (0.06° S)

Fasteners (In-Wall / On-Wall) #8 brass screws (In-Wall) and brass keyhole mounts (On-Wall) included — steel fasteners void the warranty

Certified at 0.0000° Latitude
Magnetically Neutral
Equatorial Purity Index 99.9999%

Every cable in your system ends its run the same way: lying on the floor. The floor is the largest single object your cable touches, and it is not neutral. Concrete slabs are reinforced with steel bar. Hardwood floors are nailed down with hundreds of ferrous fasteners. Carpet accumulates triboelectric charge with every footstep. A cable resting directly on this surface is capacitively and magnetically coupled to all of it, along its entire length, for as long as you own the system.

Equatorial Elevation Blocks interrupt that coupling with the most magnetically inert structural material we have ever measured: wood. Each block is quarter-sawn from plantation teak grown within five degrees of the equator, kiln-dried at origin, and milled with the end grain vertical so the load path runs along the fibres. The blocks are supplied unfinished — not as an aesthetic choice, but because commercial wood finishes are cured with metallic drier compounds, typically cobalt and manganese salts, and we are not going to undo the tree's work at the last step. A 22mm cradle channel, hand-sanded to 320 grit, supports the cable without compressing the jacket. One block per 0.6 metres; a set of five covers a standard 3-metre run.

Concealed cable runs are not exempt. A cable routed inside a wall rests on the cavity's bottom plate — untreated framing timber, construction adhesive, and whatever fasteners the framer had left in the pouch. The In-Wall configuration applies the same elevation discipline inside the wall itself: five blocks, pre-drilled for the included brass screws, mounted to the framing at the same 0.6-metre interval. Wall opening and reinstatement are the responsibility of the installer, but the physics do not care whether you can see the cable. For installations where full isolation is warranted, the Terrestrial Decoupling upgrade doubles the lift height to 120mm and ships with a serialised provenance certificate tracing each block to its source latitude.

Fine Print

* Results in non-equatorial environments may vary. In-Wall option: wall opening and drywall reinstatement are the responsibility of the installer. On-Wall Blocking Kit: only the teak blocks and floor riser are supplied; the cable-raceway crown molding is customer-supplied unless the optional Raceway Cornice is added, and cornice mounting and finishing are the responsibility of the installer.