Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics:


Has anyone seen the short video from Virtual Dynamics showing the owner replacing all his speaker screws with all brass screws? I was wondering if you could hear an improvement. It's a cheap tweak, so I thought I might go to Home Depot and try out a set. What can I lose?
sherod
"I love cheap tweaks that have potential to improve sound."
Have you heard of EnABL?

Can't beat $26.00
Cdc,
Very interesting. I remember a fellow writing in Audio Amateur some years back about gluing felt strips on the face of a cone driver with the idea of breaking up standing waves and how well he thought that worked. If I decide to EnABL my drivers I will use the AVM acoustic paint instead of the paint sold in the kit. Tom
Hi Tom,
One guy used toothpaste on his Jordan's as a reversible experiment. Someone else used Post-It's!

[url=http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=1163808913&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending]diy audio[/url]also has foam triangles you stick on the back of the driver. Called Mamboni process or something close to that.

[url=http://www.hawthorneaudio.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1429&p=20995&hilit=enabl]hawthorne audio[/url]has detailed info on applying EnABL by Budp Nov 29-30,2007.

I don't know why the links look so funny but they work.
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Tvad,

I kept waiting for you to say the wrench lost grip of the hex driver, slipped and went through a woofer. A real relief to read you lost only time and not parts.

This is the same outcome as my test. I admit I did not even look for brass screws, although that is probably the valuable part of the tweak.