REMINDER: tighten up your loose screws


REMINDER, tighten up all loose screws around the drivers. Just Do It. All of them.
Sit back and enjoy your “new system”.

85% of screws on my speakers needed 1/8 to pass 1/4 turn to snug firmly and guess this… all screws on my woofers needed 1 full turn. Some was actually needed 2 turns. Anyways, improvement was a jaw dropping.
Credit reminder to Rick from High Fidelity Cables
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So I have made the swap to the brass screws that just came in today and here’s my findings.
Yes, no doubt about it. It is slightly more revealing, more details, more transparency. Soundstage is more realistic and more 3D. Imaging is cleaner. Mid bass between 700-1khz is very good. Super lower bass is cleaner and seems to shift up a little and shave off some punchiness. This new sounding is (too) revealing and a tad more forward which could make me forgetting the warm-ness, the silkiness and the sweetness that my Sonus Fabers are very good at. Few days earlier, when I tighten up the loose screws, magical, synergy and PRAT seem to come together nicely and better.. this is not. This is different. This is more about revealing and more realistic which is giving me an impression of audition a new pair of interconnects.
Hmmm, as I’m taking notes and writing this review as fresh as it can be, it’s been 3, 4 hrs after the swap and the new sound seems to get warmer and sweeter, more rounded and smoother. Definitely to my liking. Is this because something is settling down and/or broken in or, at 2am, my tired ears and brain are accepting the new sound? Anyways, it’s getting good and so much better. System will continue playing over night so please stay tune…
How to even start a response to this?  Don't even get us started on solid silver or gold (or platinum) screws and their sonic benefits!
@nasaman

Very good suggestion Hey l just did this to my speakers and sub woofers and was going to post, but you beat me too it l also always double check and clean all my connections
But don't lock down your cartridge screw with Herculean force.
The threads in the cartridge body are very delicate.  Many have been ruined and needed re-building.
Only a quarter turn beyond finger tight.
To get the best improvement in sound quality on tightening driver fixings, don't use a cheap screwdriver, whatever you do.  This will undo all the good work in the factory -  the makers of the best speakers only use costly screwdrivers, many with gold-plated finish.  Their handles are usually painted blue, although some favour a darker shade of purple.