My vote for Tweak of the Week


Silver Rock Signature Knob
Price: $485.00

Good vibrations, Bad vibrations it’s all about vibrations!! RAM would like to introduce a new signature level knob developed for the mighty Silver Rock potentiometer. The standard bakelite knob is certainly the best sounding compromise... but now Audio Consulting has taken this aspect of the Silver Rock much further. The new knobs are custom made with beech wood and bronze where the bronze is used as the insert to mount to the stem of the volume pot. The beech wood is coated several times with C37 lacquer for best sound as pointed out by Dieter Ennemoser. How can this make a difference??? Well, hearing is believing as we always say. The sound becomes much more open and free flowing with a nice improvement in resolution. Dynamics are better and overall naturalness is improved. Here is a test for all you Silver Rock owners. Try removing the bakelite knobs and listen. You will be shocked by this! The signature knobs will have an even greater effect…really amazing! The point here is the micro vibrations created by the volume pots and knobs find their way into the delicate signal path and cause degradation (Bad vibrations equal bad sound). With the signature knobs micro vibrations from the C37 concept of wood, bronze and the lacquer itself compensate for the volume pots and provide (Good Vibrations) our ear/brain combination like to hear…way better sound!!Knobs can easily be installed on all versions of the Silver Rock potentiometer

I kid you not ;~)
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HoooHaaaa, it's those $500 wooden knobs back again. The same knobs Blue Circle manages to put on most of their gear at a seemingly amazing discount. Must be those low Canadian lumber prices. Can you just imagine the profit margin on those suckers! But, oh, worth every damn penny. Why I purchased 6 at the low, low price of $3000.00 and attached them to every one of my components. The mono amps, CD transport and DAC have no attenuators so I just crazy-glued them in strategic positions. Oh the differences I heard....well let me tell you, they were not subtle....soundstage deep, wide, high, low.....dynamics in spades......transients decaying like the taste of a smooth cabernet...."GOSH DAMN," said my visiting neighbor who came to borrow my sawzall, "your stereo sure does sound great, where can I get me one of those?" I told him about the knobs and he just ordered himself up a half-dozen himself and stuck'em all over his 1987 vintage JVC/Bose rig and I'll be damned if the thing doesn't put most high-dollar boutique rigs to shame now! The secret's out now so you'd better get yours while the price is still reasonable! They even have a moderate WAF of 7.9 if they are discreetly attached. That factor goes down to the Divorce Level if your wife should actually see the invoice. Just tell her you got'em at Home Depot, or spun'em yourself on your friend's lathe....but do make sure that invoice goes in the shredder! Oh, and Loontoon, I'll take six of your remaining output jacks if there's some still left. I still got plenty of crazy-glue!

Marco
Well, thats a no brainer! With $485 I could buy about 200 LP's or 35 CD's and I'd sure be able to hear something with the new software worth listening to/for.
Of course the best results are obtained by removing the knobs altogether. When adjustments are needed, use a screwdriver.

I can obtain pearl-handled screwdrivers for you for only $486.00. Add $50.00 for cryo treatment.
Knob job? Sounds like $20 of machining on a $5 piece of Beechwood, covered by $4 of "special" lacquer. Considering they sell for $485 each, I'm not sure that they are making enough profit.