Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend?

Hi:

Move forward your listening seat.

Mine is a large upholstered sofa bearing on rear wall. There was in my listening room this consistent mid-bass "bump". Radio Shack SLM said +14 dBs around 100 Hz. Tried EQ, port plugging, speaker relocation on floor, new interconnects, lowering speakers close to floor, elevating speakers away from floor, moving speakers away from back wall, side walls, flushing my ears, cutting short my fingernails, eating cayenne pepper and many more things just don't recall.

BUT, when my listening seat was move forward just 5 INCHES !! the mid-bass hump disappeared. Couldn't believe it!!. Pulled back the seat against wall, hump returned. To this day have no explanation for this thing. But listening has been nice since then.

Enjoy!

PS Know no cheaper tweak.

Train you dog to turn the record to the other side. Only costs about a dozen treats.

You can improve the sound of CDs you buy by turning them into a CDR - on a computer. The commercial CDs are pressed, and by burning a CDR, you improve the quality.

The link below shows you how.

Some also use the computer as the source - with a good soundcard - you can add a DAC to improve still at 24/96.
The jitter is lower than most transports (even high end), and it's convenient to have hundreds of CDs right at your finger tips.
http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/whitepaper/Black_CDsII.pdf

The "FREEZER TWEAK".......First you want to put your CD's, DVD'S, cables, or components in a air tight bag.......I am using two good trash bags......then wrap the bag in a big towel and put them in the refrigerator for 24 hours......(the KEY to this tweak is to bring the temperature down very very slowly and then bring it back up slowly)........next step is to put them in the Freezer for 72 hours.....Be sure to set your freezer at its coldest temperature settings.........then put them back in the refrigerator for 24 hours......then put them in the coldest part of your house for 24 hours........after that your ready to enjoy!............Rpatrick

Gonglee3, the computer burning technique may be okay but IMHO black Cd's were total garbage. Muddy, fuzzy, low fidelity sound. Sort of like going from 16 bit to the 12 bit CD player in my Denon mini-system.
Another thought, if one prefers low fidelity sound no reason to spend a lot of money for it. Not that black CDR's are more expensive than others, just that why get an expensive CDP to reduce resolution to a subjective 12 bit level? Skip the black CDR and mega $$ CDP, just get a cheap 12 bit CDP like in the Denon UD-M31 mini-system. Just a thought I've been kicking around for a while.