Feeling Tweaky

skyscraper:

that book thing was some sort of joke.

Is this a joke?

So, let's start with the hypothesis that information itself produces detrimental information fields and that those things, the electronic devices, that bring that information into the house, that are essentially the LINKS to the OUTSIDE WORLD OF INFORMATION, are also detrimental to the sound. Thus, TVs, computers, cell phones, as well as LPs, CDs, DVDs, Blu Ray discs, cassettes, I.e., all music and video media, produce detrimental info fields. i won't even get into books, magazines, newspapers, bank statements, telephone books and bar codes. So while it's nice to collect these CDS and records and have them all nicely arranged on the shelf the more you have the worse the sound gets. Sorry to be the one to break it to you. You're just not aware of the degradation of the sound because it happens over a long period of time - and even if you were clued into the degradation who would suspect the CDs, right? Who would suspect information fields? I mean, really. But I digress.

I mean okay yeah of course its a joke. But read it. Does it read like a joke? It sure doesn't read like a joke to me. Did you look at the website? This stuff is for sale. For money. Some joke.

Here's a laugh: Believe a word of it, the jokes on you.

Books are bad because of the morphic fields they put out. There’s a whole website devoted to tweaks and my personal favorite, the Teleportation Tweak for long distance system upgrades. One phone call anywhere in the world and you will hear your system improve while talking on the phone. Truly amazing stuff!

But seriously, morphic fields. Its how the Teleportation Tweak Works! http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina43.htm

See what I mean? 22k posts, doesn't even have a system.

BDR was originally Black Diamond Racing. Founded by audiophile DJ Casser and originally making ultra-high end gear for America's Cup sailboats, DJ saw advantages in the inherent vibration damping properties of carbon fiber and after a huge amount of effort developed a whole line of vibration control products. You can see many of them in my system. Like many of these niche companies the expertise was very closely held and when DJ died several years ago that was the end of the story, at least as far as new products goes. The company lives on as BDR but only as far as I know sold by Music Direct, and only the Cones it seems are regularly in stock. 

Millercarbon, I’ll be seeing how well these tweaks add up as you indicate they will, which does make sense from my limited experience so far. As this point I’m trying to prioritize which are the most productive. It’s a fun project to try and maximize what your components are capable of doing. I think I’ll try to put together a list of the myriad tweaks and see if I can get a consensus on what ones people agree on are the most effective, or the opposite.

There is no consensus, except among those of us who have tried certain things. My all time favorite most universal value leader is BDR Cones. DIY acoustic panels of OC703 is right up there, but you quickly limit out on that. Next would be fo.Q tape. With that you will not hit the wall until you've done a couple sheets on your turntable and speakers. Then after that comes a whole long list from Synergistic that are all very similar in terms of sound improvement value per dollar- HFT, ECT, PHT, Fuses.

You would think there might be limits to what you might accomplish in an additive fashion.

Of course there are limits. But they are a lot further out than you would think.

For instance a lot of tweaks mention they widen the sound-stage. If they all worked you’d think the sound-stage would extend from one end of the house to another.

Good one. Okay so what happens, the greatest extent of the sound stage is the walls of the recording venue. This could be anything from an accurately miked symphony hall to a singer in a recording booth. Whatever it is, its on the recording, and so its what you should hear. The walls of course don't make any sound. They do however reflect back, and that acoustic signature is what provides our sense of the space we are in. So its not that the individual instruments expand farther apart, or even that it sounds like they are in a bigger space. They may after all be in a recording booth- a tiny little space. But when the system gets better our sense of that space - whatever it is - is stronger, and in that sense the sound stage is bigger. 

That's the mostly high frequency aspect of it. There's also the low end. This is where it gets really good. Because of the physics of sound, really low frequencies have really long wavelengths, these just don't naturally happen anywhere but really big spaces. Think of the rumble of thunder. You hear that, you don't need to look, you can judge by the sound alone it was very far away. 

Well okay. So when you are able to accurately reproduce such low frequency bass it creates the unmistakable sensation of being in that large space. This ultra-low frequency fidelity goes hand in hand with the high frequency detail and together is what creates the other worldly sensation of being on the scene. There. No longer in your room.

One other thing if you don’t mind my asking, since you’ve achieved good results, how many tweaks have you incorporated to get to where you are now?

All of them. And more.

This oughta be good. 

Or would be, if he would answer straight instead of cracking some lame joke. OP apparently hasn't read many of his 22k posts. Let me break it to you: he has no tweaks, because he has no system.

If these tweaks are additive as Millercarbon pointed out in another thread, this could be a fun ride..

You have no idea. Most of those who try tweaks at all will do one or two say that's nice and then they are done and go back to running the component upgrade treadmill. I call it a treadmill because you do a lot of work but don't really go anywhere. Because ultimately all it does is get you by until the next component upgrade. A set of BDR Cones however, HFT, ECT, acoustic panel, AC line or outlet, whatever tweak you care to name, is forever. Elevates your game from now on. Actually gets you somewhere. 

Any one individual tweak on its own may not seem like all that much. Do enough though and at some point it begins to dawn on you there is no way any amount of money spent on any components ever made will ever be enough. 

I'm not the only one saying this either.They do all add together and that is why the few of us who have taken it far enough all agree you cannot get here any other way. In other words tweaks are way more cost effective than components.

All the other power cords are what came with each component.

Ouch. Huge room for improvement there. Synergistic Research Master Couplers, used, on everything.

So my question to you all is, what tweaks have had the most positive impact on your own system that you could you recommend for the above described system?

System really does not matter. This idea certain things work only with certain other things will only hold you back. The PC recommended above will work no matter what component or what your system. Same goes for these other highly recommended tweaks:

Synergistic HFT, ECT, Orange Fuse. HFT are the most highly effective acoustic treatment yet almost invisible.

Synergistic PHT on your cartridge and arm. Green Dream and Black Widow together are awesome. Check out mine. Look close- there are ECT on the arm as well. These things really work!

BDR Cones, probably about as effective as the footers you have now but a lot less expensive, and universal, as they work just as well under lightweight CDP as massive speakers and amps.

fo.Q tape applied to your arm will open up detail like you won’t believe. It goes on easily, and can be just as easily removed without leaving any residue. I put a strip all along the under side of my arm, where it works great yet is out of sight. Its also underneath the arm base, and a lot of other places where its out of sight yet still works great. Once I heard how great it is I got more and replaced all my speaker gaskets with fo.Q tape, and stuck it all over the drivers on the baskets inside. None of this is visible- stealth tweaks! Also can be used on caps and circuit boards and inside cabinet to damp sheet metal vibrations, although I haven't personally tried those yet.

Cable elevators, either brand name or equally effective ceramic insulators. On sale now at Music Direct.

Acoustic room treatments that would affect room decor are unfortunately out of the equation too.

Please note Synergistic HFT Speaker Kit, works great, hardly noticeable, doesn’t even go on walls.

Some of the things I’ve thought about are redoing the house wiring to create a dedicated circuit, and making an ultrasonic record cleaner.

Don’t re-do anything. Simply run one 20A line direct to the system. Plug everything into that one outlet. You can do a lot more. The sky is the limit. But this is the one that is truly cost-effective. This btw is known because I have actually wired my system and not just once but several times. I know from experience what costs what and how much improvement it brings. You’re on the right track, it just takes a while to try all these different things.

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367

Make the record cleaner if you’re into making stuff. Otherwise get the Walker Enzyme system and never look back.