Feeling Tweaky


I recently tried my first system tweak, purchasing IsoAcoustic Orea isolation footers for my Luxman 507uX Mk2 integrated amp, Marantz Ruby CD/SACD player, and Shunyate Hydra Denali 6000S power conditioner. I liked the improvement in sound quality so much I’ve gone ahead and ordered IsoAcoustic Gaia feet for my VPI Classic 2 turntable and Magico A3 speakers. I never expected a tweak to make such an improvement, not just a change, in sound quality. By the way, my cables are Audioquest Rocket 88 speaker cables, Audioquest Colorado cables from the CD/SACD player, and VPI phono cables. The Shunyata Hydra Denali has a Venom power cable. All the other power cords are what came with each component.

Acoustic room treatments that would affect room decor are unfortunately out of the equation and I’ve already tried my best to design component shelving to be a vibration free as I could. I’ve thought about are redoing the house wiring to create a dedicated circuit, and making an ultrasonic record cleaner.

So my question to you all is, what tweaks have had the most positive impact on your own system, that you could you recommend for the above described system? There seems to be a lot of tweaks out there that range from the sublime to the ridiculous in both performance and price. I’d like to know what tweaks of the many out there have worked best for you so I can make a list and prioritize each in terms of performance and budget. Please share your favorites and I’d appreciate your advice. Thanks,


Mike



skyscraper
@skyscraper,

I've followed and contributed to your posts..Looking back, Since you're an ongoing "upgrader", it would have been nice to have one thread dedicated to your own system. I think I'm out. Best of luck!


Check out the ElectraClear and Symphony Pro harmonic power conditioners made by ADD-Powr.
I have 6 ElectraClears and 2 Symphony Pros and my system never sounded so good.
If you consider them tweaks, the so be it. Worth checking out, because you have nothing to lose with the 30 day money back guarantee.
Perhaps the best deal for the money out there.
Tvad, sounds like you've made the rounds with isolation footers. I'd not researched the Grand Prix Apex Audio footers you mentioned, so I looked them up. Priced at $1400 for a set of four they are  only only a pipe dream.for a plebeian like me.They must be nice.

My listening room is filled with wall to wall bookshelves, so there's hardly a square inch to acoustically treat. I seriously considered one of those Lyngdorf integrated amps with Room Correction for that reason since they could electronically deal with that issue

Millercarbon, thank you for all your ideas. It's going to take me a minute to research each suggestion and product you recommended, but I will. I'll have some follow-up questions for you too if you wouldn't mind following this thread for a day or two. Thanks.

Slaw, nice to hear from you. If I remember correctly I did follow some of your suggestions building my component shelving and thank you for that. Honestly, since replacing my 40 year old system in entirety the last year or so, the footers are my first tweak ever. I guess the shelving could be considered a tweak, having utilized many ideas garnered from that thread to foster vibration isolation. .

The AudioAcoustic footers have been such an unexpected success, I'm thinking the tweakers among you are on to something. So I'd like to identify among the multitude of tweaks what might be the best thing to try next. It's pretty amazing what you folks have come up with so far. If these tweaks are additive as Millercarbon pointed out in another thread, this could be a fun ride..

Bemused, I will look up your ElectraClear and Symphony Pro's tomorrow.I found there site a minute ago, but it's getting late and I'll better understand their product line after a night's sleep. Thanks,

Mike


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skyscraper OP
My listening room is filled with wall to wall bookshelves, so there’s hardly a square inch to acoustically treat. I seriously considered one of those Lyngdorf integrated amps with Room Correction for that reason since they could electronically deal with that issue.

>>>>Hi, I’m from the future where we found out books and other media like CDs are bad for the sound. The biggest improvement you can make to your sound is to remove all books from the room. Perhaps you can rent a storage shed? Sorry to be the bear 🐻 of bad gnus 🐃 And yes, I know what you’re thinking, “but books are natural acoustic absorbers.”