5:50
IF you buy better quality components, you won't need these damn tweaks
I'm reminded of the WH spokes person who when questioned about the high gas price effects on poor people who said they need to buy an electric car. But even so,I have found that to be just the opposite. I tried several high priced cables back before my system was "mature" enough to be helped by these things and I never heard any difference. And IMO, this is why many poo poo the idea of cables.
I started my tweaking with $2 worth of pumice stone. Like most, I was skeptical. Yet my jaw dropped when I heard that there WAS a difference & it was better. I didn't expect it to be. But at that point my hearing and my equipment were to the proper level to take advantage of a tweak. And as my system has gotten better, a lot of the tweaks have had even more influence
Now, I am also put off by $500>> footers, etc After the pumice I tried my own roller ball footers. They cost me all of $4-5 apiece. They are even better. I can change the sound by changing the ball material. my wife also heard the difference. I have some PPT items as well. I could have sent them back. But "they ain't goin' nowhere!" Fortunately I got them at a good deal..and as has been said, these high prices are paid by those with a good amount of disposable income. But if you live in flyover country, most of this stuff is priced out of our reach. But there are still tweaks which can be done for little $$$. But it takes curiosity and imagination and luck...unless you are coached by @mahgister who seems to have a better understanding of this stuff han most