Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend?

Auric Illuminator...unbelievable, all the money on cables and power conditioning and this made as much of a difference for much less than $100 and absolute must!!!

Several years ago I was looking for a solution to vibrative feedback I was getting on my turntable. After moving into town, I visited a local high-end shop and the chap sent me home with two makes to test out. One he boasted was "made of the same rubber used on the spaceshuttle", and they where both in excess of $150 Cdn (for four dampeners), this was almost 10 years ago. After testing both, I was in a shopping mall the next day and happened to notice these little felt pads with the adhesive side for couch and chair legs. I thought, why not!? I bought a package of 12 circular pads (approx. 2" in diameter) for $1 dollar, and made four neat little cushions. After testing them to my surprise they outperformed the "space-age" dampeners by over 20%.

clean wall outlet connections with end of pipe cleaner moderately wettened (not soaking wet) w/ Pro Gold or similar...

Connecting 2 amps by RCA "Tape out" to another amp's "Tape in" gives you 4 good channels (instead of unsatisfying powers of most surround receivers).

You can position the speakers in many ways.
1) All in the front - wide soundstage
2) Front and back for surround effect
3) speakers back to back - one set firing backwards for deep soundstage

We all have extra amps and speakers from upgrading - put them to a good use. This will improve most speakers.

To answer Gonglee3's request:

(1) Audio grade duplex electrical outlet by FURUTECH (gold plated) 125V/15A ... Chris Venhaus' website ... www.venhaus1.com

(2a) For cleaned connectors/leads use Mapleshade's Silclear
(2b) For improved CD Playback/Recording use Mapleshade's Mikro-smooth (step#2 in preparing a CD) ... www.mapleshaderecords.com

(3) Flitz Metal Polish(not for gold or thin plated surfaces), Craig Gold G5; OPTRIX; Nordost 3ECO Static Inhibitor; Highwire Powerwraps ... Music Direct ... www.amusicdirect.com

Other suggestions:
(1) Cardas RCA Caps
(2) Vibrapods (against component body not under rubber feet)
(3) Monster HTS 2000 Powerline conditioner
(4) Dakiom Audio Feedback Stabilizers (at www.dakiom.com)
(5) Herbie's Audio Lab CD Mat