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Replacing driver screws with brass screws

There was some discussion about this on Millercarbon's thread about the Moab speakers, and I wanted to pursue the subject further without interfering with his thread.
As I stated there, I have heard about this practice for quite a few years, but never tried it because it seemed like one of those lunatic fringe ideas; and even though I actually really enjoy trying tweaks, and have found many of them effective, I just was not prepared for what this one did for the music coming out of my speakers. 
Specifically, it improved the detail in ambient trails, focus in general, complex harmonics in voices and stringed instruments, and instrumental separation. It is not subtle, and it is immediately noticeable.
So, I am curious to know how many of you out there have tried this, and what your experience has been.
Thanks, John  
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mapman
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This reminded me I have not checked the wing nuts on my Ohm Walsh driver boards in awhile. They were still pretty tight but one or two had a slight give. Now they are tight for sure and I think I hear a difference.

Or do I? I have a pretty active imagination sometimes.

I can say for sure it sounds darn good right now which is usually the case.
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georgehifi,
Congrats! I’m so glad that you posted what you did and once again proved how much you don’t know. Appropriate that you should find common ground with kenjit, the biggest troll on audiogon. 
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A staple of all things brass and bronze , mostly for wooden boatbuilder nuts Jamestown Distributors. 
Of course, nothing eats detail like a non pistonic driver.... or a super big baffle mechanical averaging machine.....
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