If you have a pair or small monitor speakers, buy concrete blocks & corner blocks, spray paint black, glue blocks together for correct height & put on cheaap spikes. Put speakers on dot of Blu-Tak. Doesn't have much WAF, but are resonance-free, aolid & very heavy. |
Have sex(preferably with another person) around 11:55 pm.When you are done,about midnight,listen to you stereo with a single candle lit and the glow of your tubes and your face to illuminate the room.These are the BEST TWEAKS!! |
"BLACK DIAMOND RACING CONES"!!!!!!!!!!!!! Costs $60 for a set of 3pcs. The best thing that I got which made a heck lot of improvement. Their other stuff costs more but makes even greater dirrerence. Start with the cones first. |
I have heard pros and cons about the cones but they sure work well under my Rogue99 preamp.They really tightened up the bass,improved overall focus and opened up the soundstage.I got mine new for $50 delivered!! Worth every cent!!!! |
MDF board is superior to plywood for isolation and available at any hardware super store(home depot ect.)Well sealed double bagged and tapped sand bags on all components except amp,great for vibration and tightening up the sound.Keep bags away from vent slots ! A favorite of mine that I have never shared with before is foam hot water pipe insulation.You can cut little sections to elevate any cables from the floor.Any where that interconnects ,power cables or speaker cables touch ,you can wedge between or put on any cable where two touch.They also are great to put on the back of rack shelves for sharp edges and vibration that can affect cables touching the shelves.Many other uses,get creative.Now for an incredible source of DIY tweaks; www.audiotweaks.elosoft.com Happy tweaking ! |
This tweak is system dependent. Place vibration sensitive components on half inch thick glass slabs. A local glass shop charged me $25/each for 14" by 18" pieces. I rest the glass on top of BDR cones or Isopods. This results in a subtle, but worthwhile improvement in overall sound quality. |
Discsolution!!!! Spray it on, wipe it off. The diff is huge, and a bottle only costs 25.00 and will treat 100s of CDs. Available from Audionut.com |
Here are indespensible tweaks for under $100 that work: 1)Auric Illuminator CD treatment,$39,reduces digital HF grain/glare in problem CDs, improves overall sound. 2)Kontak connector cleaner/enhancer,$39, much better than ProGold, lifts a veil. 3)Vibrapod feet,$24,will be improvement over stock feet,good for mid-fi gear, better than tennis ball cut in half, heh,heh,heh. 4)Black Diamond racing cones, $60, carbon fiber cones can be effective without tilting up sound if you have proper base for cone to drain vibrations into, BD sells $50 carbon fiber base pads which can become expensive fast.......next step up are various bearing designs. 5)Radio Shack de-mag unit,$38, gives you a taste of Bedini II and Furutech RD-1, treated CDs will have effect like Auric Illuminator.....regards, Sam |
0) Listening to a stereo at a suburban-hell stereo super store. 1) Moving your speakers out into the the room (free), 2) Raising your speaker cables off of the floor using wood blocks or foam cups, 3) Twining your power cables together and running them down one side of your rack then separating (by 1 inch) and running your interconnects down the other side of the rack. 4) Putting your speakers in a sparsely furnished room (nothing between them). I also recall (back in the old days) that putting four concrete garden blocks on top of each of my old Bose SA1000 box speakers improved their sound noticeably. |
1. speaker placement (including and beyond John_1's comment) 2. if you have a live room, play with area rug and heavy wall hanging placement. WAF may be a problem, and velvet Elvis only within 50 miles of Graceland, please! :-) |
1)Room treatment. 2)Turn off the lights. 3)Trendy chemical amusement aids, "just kidding! |
Granite remnants from a countertop supply company. I got four 1 1/4" thick pieces for $12.50 each. Use them under source, amps, and speakers, and in conjunction with cones etc. HUGE DIFFERENCE. |
Beavis has a good idea; I am going to try something similar which should look better . If there is one of the company that sell concrete yard art close to you check them out. They have some heavy concrete stands which don't look bad and can be painted. The prices looked to be in the $25 to $50 range for a pair. |
I forgot to mention one that costs nothing. Some amps , and preamps invert phase. Just wire your speakers in reverse phase to see if they sound better. That is , hot on amp to ground on speakers or vice versa. Not to be confused with out of phase , in which one is wired in on manner and the other in the opposite, The important thing is that they both be wired the same. There is a famous paper in audio called "The Wood Effect" which explanes the importance of Absolute Phase. |
I would recommend these: cheap tweaks(Although these may not be the same as cheap tweeks) |
