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Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend?

Hey everyone, I am looking for some cheap tweaks, i just got done putting in a inner tube under my componets as an isolation device, and it works great. What else would you reccomend?..i am also thinking of an inner tube under the spkrs, with some sort of device to keep them stable. What do you think of Rf blockers..etc Please leave comments on your tweaks and how they turned out. i am looking forward to trying some. Thanks all
haoleb
okiecaver
3 posts
 
Turntable.

2- 18 in quarry tiles- Home depot
10 #27 rubber o-rings- Home Depot
1- 12 in childs bicycle inner tube- Wal Mart

Arrange the rings in any pattern you please on your shelf, then place the first tile on it. Inflate the innertube to firm but not absolutely stiff, center in the middle of the tile and place tile #2 on it.

Center tt on tile #2. Play bass heavy music and marvel !!! I was convinced I needed a new stylus (B&O MMC5). This saved me the Mega $$$$$ it would take to pack up the TT and ship it to the B&O store in Dallas for replacement and installation.

total cost - 15 dollars

Happy Listening
Brock
stehno
1,453 posts
 
Just one Jena Labs cryo-treated 20amp IEC connector on the amp end of my Foundation Research LC-2 in-line power conditioner provided fascinating improvements at both the micro- and macro-dynamic levels.

-IMO
graub
5 posts
 
I read some good things about various cd mats. Marigo Labs has just brought out a new version of their mat so I gave it a try.
I have been using it for a week and I am amazed that a $90 cd mat with some holes cut out in it (I have no technical expertise)can make such a huge difference in the quality of sound I am hearing.
I liked my system very much before the mat arrived. However, the improvements have been striking.The music has lost whatever edginess there was, the sound is richer,fuller and warmer, each instrument is better defined and more realistic. If I close my eyes I would say that jazz vocalists are in the room singing to me.
james_b
11 posts
 
Build a sandbox for tour components.
jotam
17 posts
 
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.
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