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Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend?

Hey everyone, I am looking for some cheap tweaks, i just got done putting in a inner tube under my componets as an isolation device, and it works great. What else would you reccomend?..i am also thinking of an inner tube under the spkrs, with some sort of device to keep them stable. What do you think of Rf blockers..etc Please leave comments on your tweaks and how they turned out. i am looking forward to trying some. Thanks all
haoleb
graub
5 posts
 
I read some good things about various cd mats. Marigo Labs has just brought out a new version of their mat so I gave it a try.
I have been using it for a week and I am amazed that a $90 cd mat with some holes cut out in it (I have no technical expertise)can make such a huge difference in the quality of sound I am hearing.
I liked my system very much before the mat arrived. However, the improvements have been striking.The music has lost whatever edginess there was, the sound is richer,fuller and warmer, each instrument is better defined and more realistic. If I close my eyes I would say that jazz vocalists are in the room singing to me.
james_b
11 posts
 
Build a sandbox for tour components.
jotam
17 posts
 
Hi:

Move forward your listening seat.

Mine is a large upholstered sofa bearing on rear wall. There was in my listening room this consistent mid-bass "bump". Radio Shack SLM said +14 dBs around 100 Hz. Tried EQ, port plugging, speaker relocation on floor, new interconnects, lowering speakers close to floor, elevating speakers away from floor, moving speakers away from back wall, side walls, flushing my ears, cutting short my fingernails, eating cayenne pepper and many more things just don't recall.

BUT, when my listening seat was move forward just 5 INCHES !! the mid-bass hump disappeared. Couldn't believe it!!. Pulled back the seat against wall, hump returned. To this day have no explanation for this thing. But listening has been nice since then.

Enjoy!

PS Know no cheaper tweak.
michaela
288 posts
 
Train you dog to turn the record to the other side. Only costs about a dozen treats.
gonglee3
289 posts
 
You can improve the sound of CDs you buy by turning them into a CDR - on a computer. The commercial CDs are pressed, and by burning a CDR, you improve the quality.

The link below shows you how.

Some also use the computer as the source - with a good soundcard - you can add a DAC to improve still at 24/96.
The jitter is lower than most transports (even high end), and it's convenient to have hundreds of CDs right at your finger tips.
http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/whitepaper/Black_CDsII.pdf
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