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.
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Latest tweak: Walker Audio SST to the tube pins. I just performed this on a RSA Raptor headphone amp- so far I can't say it is any type of night and day difference, although it sounded great before the application...

Best tweak: solid butcher blocks from Amazon under my Omega A8 using brass points (reasonably priced off Ebay) under the speakers and blocks. About $100 for an outstanding improvement in bass and in the already excellent soundstage.
Without a doubt ..the SR Red fuse that I put in my ARC REF-3 preamp about a week ago. Fantastic!
Oregonpapa, thanks for your testimony on the SR Red in a component.  It's not easy to believe these things until tried--glad you did.  

jafreeman ...

See the review in "amps and preamps" for the latest results now that I have the SR RED fuses in both the amp and preamp. One word ... FANTASTIC!
  You guys got me going now with these SR Red fuses.  After getting nearly all SR cabling I thought I was done.  Then I find out about High Fidelity Adapters.  Still waiting for them to come in the mail.  Now these.  I hope I'm nearing the end....