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Biggest hype-worst tweak

I was wondering what everybody had found to be the biggest waste of time regarding tweaks-I've tried most-largely with satisfying results.The worst one for me was a Statmat (this months Hi-fi Choice has Jimmy Hughes still raving about the thing!)-a polythene floppy mat for sitting on top of your CD's-with weird markings-supposed to disperse static and make motherships land in your garden or something... Pure nonsense-had me pulling my hair out as it stuck in the tray constantly and my face twisted at the strain of trying to hear something/anything.....how my girlfriend laughed as she picked the thing up-you need help she remarked-I sent it back...and yet I fear I might have missed something Ben
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megasam
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I hear no positive effect from any CD mat I have tried, but at least they are inexpensive. I also have heard no improvement from using cable elevators to lift speaker cables off floor. Then there is the whole Shun Mook stable of bizarre tweaks that are very expensive, I doubt if many of these are very useful, but I have not tried them presonally. Tweaks I use are Auric Illuminator, Bedini II, and Kontak cleaner/enhancer, and various isolation devices.
no_money
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Had the same experience as Redkiwi, Blacklight took away all of the air and made it way to dark for me.
mfgrep
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Is the Auric Illuminator a good tweak?? Is it legit?? What exactly it it?? Where can you purchase it?? Also...can anyone suggest a reasonable method of cleaning CD's?? I recently purchased a new CD player...and have noticed that it reads "DISC FLAW" on many of my discs (and some that appear spotless) On many of these I simply run a dry cloth rag over them....and the CD player accepts!! Quite strange. Thanks in advance for the much needed information. Jason
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sagger
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I know some people swear by it, but I found the Bedini Ultra Clarifier to make absolutly NO sonic improvement. It's built cheesy & on winter days when there is a lot of static any small shock would set the damn thing off spinning on it's own. I cound't wait to get rid of it. Also isolation pucks look nice, but don't do much for anything but transports.
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lolo
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right the bedini is useless- get a RADIO SHACK BULK TAPE ERASER- It's amazing that it works so well on CD's - try EBAY or maybe here - new they cost $24-36 - used alot less.
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