Does anyone know of a tweak where you put a certain amount of spare change on the corner of one of your speaker cabinets (or both) to improve the soundstage? Sounds crazy but I heard it once and it did seem to work. I heard it in a store in NC.
Theo is right. This is reminiscent of the Totem Beaks. In fact someone on AudioGon posted (facetiously, I think) a note about using stacked coins in place of the beaks.
Help! I have had change fall into the cooling slots on my amp from the top of my speakers. Now the amp rattles with every bass note. I have a strange electical burning smell and I can't get change for a one.
I've got B&W 805 Signatures, and with the curved tops, the coins keep slip slidin' away whenever I try this trick. Guess I should be playing Paul Simon. "A good day ain't got no gain. A bad day's when I lie in bed and think of tweaks that might have been."
If by spare change you mean a 10-pound bag of nickels. Good way to stabilize any speaker or component. I happen to have a bag of lead shot on top of my transport right now. I use these cheapo vinyl auto ashtrays as bags for higher SAF- one has lead shot, the other has 20 silver eagle coins. Had these on my dynaudio monitors before I changed to a full size speaker. Now have on CD player and preamp.
Does it sound better? Maybe I'm not listening hard enough...
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