Tweaks That Don't Work


This may be the subject of some discord, but a great community service would be to help others not waste money on snake oil.

Please let us know what you've tried that had no impact - or negative impact, even - on your system. Also, if there are tweaks or products that are only useful on some systems for whatever reason, please let us know what kinds of systems do and don't benefit from the particular products.

Some of you out there have tremendous experience trying to squeeze every last ounce of performance out of your equipment and probably have a laundry list for us - let's hear it!
aggielaw

Showing 2 responses by ohlala

Two things did nothing for me:

Subaruguru's PC, while a nice kit and still "in" my system, did not do anything I could identify on any component.

Audiopoint speaker spikes. For many months my stock spikes were lost, so I purchased audiopoints merely as a replacement. The salesman told me they would transform my speakers to sound like the "next model up", so that is why I mention them on this thread. Months later I found my stock spikes and did not hear a difference in comparison. The APs have since been relegated to component stand duty. The negative was that with their narrower base left ringed marks on my speakers. Blaming the poor curing of my speakers' wood cabinets, the salesman would not let me return exchange for a model with a wider base.
Newbee, I had the same thought as you. Ironic that I tried to re-edit with why I did not think they worked, but you posted after me!