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Know of a "Dirt Cheap" tweak?

I am looking for tweaks to improve the overall sound quality of my audio system. I recently purchased some TPC contact cleaner and it made a believer out of me. I noticed a signicant improvement, as if a veil was lifted my system sounded more clear and transparent. Bass got tighter too. Do you know of any cheap tweaks that have made a SIGNIFICANT improvement to the sound quality of your Hifi system...let us know... :-) Comments welcomed!
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ozzy
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For dirt cheap fill a box with dirt for vibration control.
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Take some Blue Tac or some similar putty and make a small ball with it and put it under the edges of various circuit boards in our electronic equipment.. This sort of adds vibration control and damping and can be easily removed.
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Use teflon tape (plumbers tape) to wrap around the outside end of power cords iec’s. This will make the iec a tighter connection and may also provide some damping.

ozzy

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Here is what I posted many moons ago about my DIY HFT.

I used 1/8" copper end caps with a large copper cone from a company called "Hareline" inside. Hareline makes items for fishing lures and can be bought from Amazon.

The caps however, will need to be purchased from a plumbing house. Then just simply glue the cone inside the cap. The cone is a direct drop in. I used Elmer’s school glue to seal the cone inside the cap.

ozzy

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