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Springnr,dat would be da place.Nice to have a friend like that there....the Snap on people were 50 or so and that was 10 years ago.....yeah,its just so easy to get into trouble unless your somewhat hip to that.Kind of like trying to take out scratches on soft metals or acrylics/paint etc.It can be done,BUT........

Well, I guess I'll be the first to be in line for flames from the other side. I initially equally torqued all my stock screws to the same 8in.-lbs. Soundstage appeared to be a little cleaner and a tad more focussed and centered. Nothing really revelatory. I then put the brass screws in one speaker only. I'll be danged if that speaker with the brass screws didn't suddenly sound a tad louder with a cleaner, crisper sound than the other side. Since I have small mini-monitors, I swapped the speakers and sure enough, the brass-screwed side sounded better. I listened for a while to make sure what I was hearing wasn't some subconscious desire for the sound to be better, then I put the brass screws in the other speaker. Sure enough, the other speaker matched the first with brass screws. I can say that this isn't a night and day difference, but the whole soundstage sounds a bit taller now and wider and deeper. Depth seems to be the most improved. The overall sound is a bit cleaner with better transient response. To my ears, a very slight haze or veil has been removed. I think I'll leave the brass screws in for a while.

No sides,no flames,no right, no wrong.Just good clean fun here in the Western world.Many paths to salvation via luck or hard work or timing or.....well,don't forget good looks.I wonder what the brass does?Drain mad little electrons like the footers?Glad to hear the news,this is fun.Beats collecting stamps I'm sure....,yeah to hear anything from those is a revelation of sorts,who would of figured???Hey,could you try some more inch lbs until it snaps?That way we'll know how far to go.....your very kind....

Sorry, I'm not going to over do it with the torqueing. I might try it at 10 lbs. soon, though, to do a quick comparison.

Waiting patiently then,good luck,Bob