Your Best Tweak Lately

My latest, and perhaps best tweak, is a continuation of fuse upgrades, first using HiFi Tuning, two types, then Furutech, and finally, Synergistic Research Reds. Now, you may not believe in fuses, and that's ok---not here to convert anyone, just to report that these SR Reds are so far ahead of the others listed--to my ears, at least. If you have Maggies that you want to easily improve, put these in. I also have them as the mains fuses in ARC 210s and 861GNSC. If you have confidence in your power supply as stable and plentiful--another tweak in itself--no worries about the safety of these fuses--I even push the ratings a bit to match my big-gauge power cord capabilities. In the Maggies, I push them to 8A and 16A (stock is 2.5A and 5A) for a more "straight wire" effect by way of the bigger elements--incredible upgrade without molesting the speakers. With potentials in power supply, cords, cables, isolation schemes, room tricks, etc, this is a tweaker's paradise--I'm stealing the term back--just for audio.

jafreeman10-18-2015 6:13am

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geoffkait Details Discussions Posts This discussion 23,365 posts 10-18-2015 at 11:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The musical signal has 2 or 3 amps in the Maggie's? Interesting.
oregonpapa Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,867 posts 10-19-2015 at 07:53am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Best tweak? Glenfarclas 12 year old Scotch. Latest tweak: A custom turntable belt from originlive.com for my original Well Tempered turntable. Outrageous improvement and well worth the money. Old tweak that really made a huge difference: Shakti Holograms. Two pair ... one pair behind each speaker and one pair behind the listening position. Must have tweak: Mapleshade maple platforms under floor standing speakers. Platforms spiked to the floor though the carpet and the speakers spiked to the platforms.
abucktwoeighty Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,079 posts 10-19-2015 at 11:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Essence of Music
lak Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,529 posts 10-20-2015 at 01:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Jafreeman, Did you find the Synergistic Research Reds to be directional? I ask because I have read in other forums here on Audiogon that they were directional when used in VAC Sigma 160i / Sigma 160i SE Integrated Amp.
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,408 posts 10-20-2015 at 12:33am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Glenfarclas? That's a new one to me. When I'm playing a gig with an open bar (my favorite kind), I'm happy drinking Johnnie Walker Black free (all bar's have JWB). Hey, if it's good enough for Van Morrison and Richard Manuel (4% Pantomime ;-), it's good enough for me.