Tweaks


When did we go from "it can't hurt" to "produces a HUGE improvement in the sound" when talking about tweaks? Was it the "Lead Balloon" that did it with turntables or the "Arcici" stands with the Quad electrostats, oh so many years ago? Was it "Tube Traps"? Was it magic bricks to put on top of power amps? Now days audiophiles seem to argue over the type of loop in the carpet of the listening room and its effect on sound. Anything that is exagerated becomes insignificant. Have audiophiles gone wrong somewhere? Why not admit there is no difference in the sound, you just want to be on the safe side?
pbb
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...
Cfb, the grass tweak works, but you really need to have a couple of Jersey cows to get fullest effect. Just make sure to dampen their bells. Plus, they create a coll mini-ecosystem...

KP
I have found that sod with pink flamingos is the best of both worlds, its like using hybrid-jersey cows ;)
Tim
I don't know about all of this stuff. I can say that i am getting SO "pissed" about this "wire is wire" crap that i'm about ready to hook up my scope and start taking measurements / comparing waveforms for myself. Some of the differences that i've heard just HAVE to be measureable. I know that at least one speaker cable that i ran sucked the bass out of my system so hard that it was incredible. That one should be easy to document with an spl meter and a tone generator. Maybe i'll buy another set just to prove to myself ( and maybe a few others ) that i'm NOT nuts.... Sean
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