Tweaks

just to be on the safe side, i removed ALL carpet in front of and between my speakers and replaced it with bent-grass sod. it was a real trick to adjust the sprinkler system so the overspray doesn't reach my amp but , now that the tweak is complete (the rfi filters on the gro-lites finally did it), everything seems to sound much more natural with greater "bloom." -cfb

now THAT'S funny. well done Kelly. I often think about your comment "you're not a tweak unless you rent a ditch witch for the weekend" and laugh my ass off

oh man that is too funny...
Kelly do you have a housebroken goat handy to keep the interior lawn trimmed?
Well Pbb I *hope* the Lead Balloon is all that you say it is... I just ordered one for my TT

Here's one point of view. Systems have been steadily improving and the proper "dressing" of components, wires, power conditioners, room acoustics have allowed tweaking to be heard in a manner we never really thought about until recently. And we're still finding out....how many showrooms have bad sound with great gear? We're still learning. Even older gear can perform very well if we're very careful in setup and realize system setup can almost be an art in itself....the better the setup the more "magic" or difference the tweaking reveals and it can have a wow effect. I've done tweaking that was wrong, bad, no different , all the way to "I don't believe it" good.....I'm looking forward to eveyones comments on this one...good listening everyone as I get ready for the eastern storm coming though...