What do your hard-earned dollars go toward?

After finding the "perfect" system within your budget, how do you then tweak it for maximum performance?

1. Mechanical isolation e.g., racks and footers

2. Electrical isolation e.g., power conditioners, power supplies and dedicated lines

3. Acoustic isolation e.g., room treatment

4. My system is just fine out of the box and I would rather spend money on more music

5. Other

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newton_john Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 569 posts 10-28-2025 at 01:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 1. Quadraphire Racks, Isoacoustics Gaias/Mini Pucks/Oreas and Mana Acoustics Reference Table for turntable. 2. Linn Uptopik PS upgrade to DSM streamer, ATL Hifi LPS for ROCK NUC and Sbooster BOTW PS for ethernet switch 3. None other than DSP, Linn Space Optimisation 5. Synergistic Research Tranquility Pods
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ghdprentice Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,466 posts 10-28-2025 at 05:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Speaker Cables Amp Power Cord Interconnects Power Conditioner Dirct Lines Rest of system Power Cords Room Treatments Mechanical Isolation In that order in general