Audiophile rites

Yesterday, I went to the dollar store around my way and loaded a pack of D batteries, 36 of them exactly, to power my Final Music 6 amplifier. When I restocked the amp with the proper, fresh batteries, it gave me the slamm that I remember it had, when I first got it. I forsee my future as doing that continuously, whenever the batteries are low in charge. A $9.00 investment that provides me audio nirvana whenever I do. Almost as if I had a new amp....I wonder if there are other "rites" that audiophiles do when it comes to equipment, music, software etc that gives them the magic that is missing...and what happens when they do it. It does not matter how "excentric" this activity might be.....IE: qtipping one's ears to clear the sonical picture.

PAUL