Well dealing with room acoustics is all about tweaking starting with choice of speakers and then where to put them exactly and whatever else follows from there to get a handle on things initially. I would agree to put that one on top of the list. Right up there with clean ears.
Rank the tweaks, geeks!
How would you rank the general importance of the following gear (not room or electrical) tweaks. You can use your own setup and experience as your basis. If you tried something and it didn't matter, put it in a separate paragraph at the bottom with "didn't matter" next to it. If it doesn't apply to your setup, just don't include it on your list.
speaker wires
speaker isolation
interconnects
cable risers
component isolation
tube dampers
power cords for amps
power cords for preamps
power cords for other compnents
better capacitors (where?)
better fuses (where?)
Did I leave out an important tweak? Please add in as you see fit.
Think it's all snake oil and voodoo? Go watch some TV or take a walk and let folks on the thread have their fun. Because this is a hobby.
If you think that "everything matters" but are willing to go beyond that and suggest what would be the best first step toward doing something, please list the best first things to do. A "to do agenda" rather than a "priority list."
speaker wires
speaker isolation
interconnects
cable risers
component isolation
tube dampers
power cords for amps
power cords for preamps
power cords for other compnents
better capacitors (where?)
better fuses (where?)
Did I leave out an important tweak? Please add in as you see fit.
Think it's all snake oil and voodoo? Go watch some TV or take a walk and let folks on the thread have their fun. Because this is a hobby.
If you think that "everything matters" but are willing to go beyond that and suggest what would be the best first step toward doing something, please list the best first things to do. A "to do agenda" rather than a "priority list."
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Great thread. In ranked order: 1. Speaker Cable. Townshend F1 Fractal and to a lesser extent HFC CT1-E cable were so far above anything else. 2. Power cord to DAC. Not any power cord. Only the Shunyata Alpha EF did the business. Others had minimal effects. 3. Speaker Isolation. On my B&W 804D Gaia feet were transformational. With my Boenicke speakers they have a bespoke ’swingbase’ which isolates the speaker in a similar fashion. 4. Adding a CAD GC1 and 3 - a grounding device, one for signal ground, the other for electrical. 5. Rack isolation using Townshend Seismic corners. These isolate the whole rack, making it ’float’, and mean individual component isolation is not necessary. 6. Power cord for my integrated amp. Again the Shunyata made the difference, others much less so. 7. Interconnects. Actually only one - all sounded identical except Townshend F1 Fractal, same as my speaker wire. There is something magical about the F1 loom. 8. Adding a Cisco switch between the router and bridge. 9. USB cable connecting the Roon endpoint to the DAC. 10. Changing from ethernet cable to an optical network (definitely not WiFi) 11. The type of Ethernet cable between optical switch and roon endpoint cable 12. Power cable to the active bass subs in my speakers. Things that made no difference for me: - cable risers - the type of cable between my amp (pre-out) and the active bass units in the speakers - the Ethernet cables from the router to the first switch |
+1 @millercarbon Yes, impossible. Impossible to rank these.Too much effort to rank, and for me it’s better only as a checklist as what one needs to address (or not) in their own system. |
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