Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement


So after reading the thread of useless tweaks I'd  be interested the communities opinions of useful tweaks. I may be rehashing a previous thread but times change as do useful tweaks.

I have found that in my case the following were useful, immediate and audible,
In order of priority in my opinion
1 Room treatment
2 Speaker location, ie proper setup
3 Subwoofer location (if used)
4 Subwoofer integration
5 Component isolation
6 Cables, all SC/IC etc, normally I would not mention cables but did have an ear opening epiphany that makes me believe cables are system dependant and I do not mean directionality.

So if anybody has anything to add, please do so as none of us are ever too old to learn.



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Showing 6 responses by whostolethebatmobile

Paint both sides of an fo.Q RS912 turntable mat with 2 coats of AVM (anti vibration magic). Unfortunately AVM is no longer commercially available, but I obtained 17 bottles of it 3 months ago, by asking around. It was semi-solid but I managed to revive it by mixing with water and squeezing it until it came back to life.

Said fo.Q/AVM mat adds incredible inner detail and depth when playing LPs and 45s.
If anyone has spare AVM stock for sale, contact me and I will buy it at full price if it's still liquid. Must say "Made in Canada" on the front of the box. If it says "By Uniko" on the front, it's old stock and probably solidified.
If you can’t afford fancy fuses, wrap the middle of an ordinary fuse glass with a 5mm strip of piezoelectric tape, then paint the tape with everyone’s favourite graphene paste.
Assuming you may already have leftover ingredients on hand, the cost = $1 for fuse + 30c for tiny strip of tape + 20c for tiny TC smudge = $1.50

E=fo.Q+TC²
Wow. I can’t believe you don’t believe Geoff believes what he writes. When gillatgh gets his TC contact enhancer, it will be interesting. By the way, I have both Furutech Nano Liquid and Total Contact. I’m on my 7th tube of TC (I use it in radical ways), but the Nano Liquid bottle is gathering dust on the shelf. Not that the Nano Liquid isn’t quite good, it is. But it’s only good, and it only has one use.
I'll try the TC and it will be either an improvement or snakeoil.
Good decision! I had to make the same one a few months ago. I wasn't disappointed.