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Has there been any inexpensive item that enhanced your system's sound?

For me it was an inexpensive power cord that was laying around for years, a Pangea AC9.  I have it connected to my Yamaha A S2000.  I've tried the stock cord on the Yamaha and then some of my other cords, (Wireworld, VH Flavor 4, Acronlink/Oyaide custom cord and a MAC). I've had lots of amps and integrated amps over the years, and this is the first time the Pangea contributed to making better sound. It surprised me because I had tossed it aside and forgot about it.  Power cord performance is such a crap-shoot and dependent on so many other variables in the audio chain.  Any inexpensive item you've come across that enhanced your system's sound? 
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ptmconsulting
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The following are free, and are probably the most important things you can ever do.

- check the set-up of your speakers, and correct it if they are off even by a little bit

- try putting some natural room treatments at the obvious spots and see if it helps with either diffusion or absorption

- clean your contacts, all of them

These others are relatively cheap.

- have an alcoholic beverage of your choice, in moderation

- do something to improve the power delivery to your components, be it a conditioner or replacing stock power cords

Enjoy

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