Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend?

Sabai, but I don't have a Bose radio?

Tbg,

Did anyone ever tell you that you have a great sense of humor?

Funny, I haven't heard anyone here talk about food tweaks so let me enlighten you fellow twerkers if you haven't tried this yet:

Creamy Peanut Butter: Take 2 to 4 jars of JIF or Peter Pan put it in a large ziploc bag and place it underneath your cd player or turntable to deaden any vibration

Granola Bars: Take Nature Valley Oats n Honey granola bars, cut them up in 2" squares, stack them up with Nutella in between, wrap them in saran wrap and place under speakers or components instead of brass cones or other materials.

I also use 6 pieces of granola w/nutella in between as cable risers - 4 pcs of Granola stacked up and 2 pieces on either end so it is "U" shaped with Nutella in between to hold it all together and then I lay the speaker cable in the trough. I then use Nutella to keep the speaker wire from moving.

Saving the best food tweak for last:

M&M's and York Peppermint Patties: On the 1st and 3rd weeks of every month I put plain M&M's on top of my speakers to spell out the words "I need sex"...on the 2nd and 4th weeks I replace the M&M's with York Peppermint Patties because I have felt the sensation.

Many of you know about the less than stellar quality music a USB port provides. But in many cases this is due to the fact that on a great many DAC's, the USB circuitry is actually powered by the computers USB port.

DAC's such as the Bifrost, Gungnir, and the Ayre DAC all use the USB supplied power for their USB interface.

There are options out there to clean the power up, such as the Schiit USB Decrappifier ($100). But you will need a second USB cable for that solution.

However, the Power supply and USB cable separate audio signal cable, splits the data and power conductors so you can bypass the USB power with something a little more stable.

It's nicely built and improves performance even if you plug both data and power USB plugs into the computer.

I tried a few power adapters that I have and compared them against a battery power supply and found the Enercell and ASUS USB power adapters to perform just as good as the Battery.

Some other no name adapters I have were not as focused.

Improvements included a very focused image and much more clarity.

At around $78 total I think it's a tweak that many DAC's could benefit from

Back to the tunes :-)

1. Cardas or AQ caps for unused XLR and RCA I/O connectors on all your components. Don't realize noise exist until it's GONE.

2. Synergistic Research RED Quantum Fuse. It replaced HiFi-Tuning Supreme fuses and the improvements are excellent.

3. Synergistic Research HFTs

4. Remove/replace all SPS with LPS from your system. SPS pollutes your system with noise.