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Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement

So after reading the thread of useless tweaks I'd  be interested the communities opinions of useful tweaks. I may be rehashing a previous thread but times change as do useful tweaks.

I have found that in my case the following were useful, immediate and audible,
In order of priority in my opinion
1 Room treatment
2 Speaker location, ie proper setup
3 Subwoofer location (if used)
4 Subwoofer integration
5 Component isolation
6 Cables, all SC/IC etc, normally I would not mention cables but did have an ear opening epiphany that makes me believe cables are system dependant and I do not mean directionality.

So if anybody has anything to add, please do so as none of us are ever too old to learn.



gillatgh
andrei_nz
192 posts
 
My tweaks
(1) Isolate anything that has moving parts - Turntable, CD player,
(2) Isolate anything with tubes.
(3) Be fastidious with Speaker and Turntable setup.
(4) Every 3 years or so clean all contacts with Caigs Deoxit.
(5) Make sure your cables are tidy - for example don't have interconnects running in contact with power cables.
(6) Prefer long interconnects with short speaker cable to short interconnects with long speaker cable if possible.
(7) Avoid MIT cables.
(8) Use Dynamat on speaker driver baskets and non visible parts of the turntable.

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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Be sure to clean all non-audio wall outlets in the house. The noise on audio circuits includes noise on other circuits. You know, things like micro arcing.
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unreceivedogma
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Noromance: In an urban setting, removing the cover of a preamp virtually guarantees you will be hearing ham radio instead of your music. That was my experience. 
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biketech60
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The green Sound Improvement Disc makes a noticeable improvement in the sound from a CD,DVD, and Blu Ray disc . If you can try trimming said discs with a CD edge trimmer like the Audio Desk Systeme lathe you will hear another level of improvement  Not my opinion alone .
The edge trimmer also seems to slightly help video images , but not enough to make that a reason to buy one . They are over-priced new , IMO . Got mine used .

Most everything else has been mentioned here by others . I did build my own power cables using Oyaide Black Mamba 12 gauge for the equipment ( as short as possible) and Oyaide Tunami 10 gauge from the wall to the balanced AC power supply with gold plated copper connectors all around .
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