Top Ten Tweaks

10. Speaker Placement
9. Acoustic Treatment
8. Sturdy Rack (Ventilation and field seperation)
7. Foam ring around tweeter (if design permits or benefits)
6. Deaden spkr. cabinets (if design permits or benefits)
5. Keep interconnects, pwr, & spkr. cable away from one another.
4. Low diffraction spkr stands if minimonitor.
3. Good solid connections between interconnects and spkr cables.
2. Clean connections once in awhile
1. If you have a turntable-then vibration control is a real issue.

no order of importance.

These are all good. My favourite at the moment is 1 bottle of Jost limited edition dornfelder **....two bottles ***....this is unfiltered non-oaked. A silver metal winner..****, any good merlot, syrah ot cabernet foch****...as I've said before, my system sounds sooo good with dry reds,...enjoy, Bluenose

I like Ezmerelda's list of low cost tweaks (mainly involving your time and energy), but recommend a wool felt surround for tweeters (again if the design benefits from it). My addition will be leveling the CD player/transport (and turntables of course) as mentioned in another thread and checking it/them from time to time to adjust the level as needed.

I agree with Ezmeralda and Dekay... a few hours spent on speaker placement will pay great dividends. Also, an inexpensive set of Room Tunes works wonders. Guess I missed the spirit of the thread.

Blueswan: I think that you were right on target with the thread. There is a lot to be done after the cheap tweaks are out of the way. I have added Neuance shelving under the tube amp and CD transport with great results as well as a pair of the BMI Whale Elite PC's. Also the Kontak cleaner for tube pins and sockets and other connections is a very nice product (superior to the high grade alcohol that I was using before). It's kind of funny in that once a tweak works, it then becomes a necessity.