Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend?

Speaker drivers sometimes work themselves loose. Make sure the screws around the drivers are tight. I've even received new speakers that have loose screws, but it's more common with used speakers I've purchased.

VIBRAPODS!

Save the innertube for the lake.
I have a posting pending that details my experience with the little rubber wonders.

Amazing results for minor bucks!

Good Luck

Mack

In Stereophile a LONG while ago, the guy from Holland was talking about using "antistatic foam" (from like RadioShack used to protect chips from static damage) inside the boxes of D/A and transport stuff. The idea is to capture the stray EMF and ground it. I have used the stuff in my Adcom DA600 and DA700 with success. It does give a quieter background and a cleaner upper frequency range. I would cover the foam with a thin cardboard (Pepsi/Coke cardboard 12pack stuff) and slide the stuff under the circuit boards and over the chipsets on the boards. Also between the different sections of the circuitry.

If you wear glasses,take them off when seriously listening in the sweetspot.Maybe it's psychological...i also suggest the auric illuminator cd treatment.With some cd's,the difference is not unlike upgrading a component.

The cheapest I can think of is to close your eyes. You can focus better on the music. Secondly, people walking around the house degrades the experience. (That breathing, it's so repetitve ... ha, ha, ha!) Many things have aleady been mentioned, so I won't repeat.

Hmm, I clean my connections. I havent' perceived a difference, but I believe it makes a difference. I put in new speaker wire and interconnect wire. That made a very perceptible change in the system. (It was still a cheap tweak, believe it or not.)

Tweeks I haven't had the nerve to try yet. Greg Weaver of Soundstage.com recommends freezing your CD's. Heck, I'll try it someday, but I'm stillll skeptical.