Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement


So after reading the thread of useless tweaks I'd  be interested the communities opinions of useful tweaks. I may be rehashing a previous thread but times change as do useful tweaks.

I have found that in my case the following were useful, immediate and audible,
In order of priority in my opinion
1 Room treatment
2 Speaker location, ie proper setup
3 Subwoofer location (if used)
4 Subwoofer integration
5 Component isolation
6 Cables, all SC/IC etc, normally I would not mention cables but did have an ear opening epiphany that makes me believe cables are system dependant and I do not mean directionality.

So if anybody has anything to add, please do so as none of us are ever too old to learn.



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@geoff  sez:
Everything sounds better cryo’d. Even home freezing is highly effective and permanent....  This is very hush hush but there are others things to freeze at home or to send off to Cryo Lab but they’re beyond the scope of this discussion....

Being a full time Audiogon forum writer, Geoff's gotta be right on this freezing stuff,  So I tried freezing some things that are, as he mentioned, beyond the scope of this discussion:

1. Motor oil for the Jag's upcoming maintenance.  Still trying to coax each quart out of the bottle but I'm sure the Jag will go faster once off the rack.
2. LED light bulbs.  Emitted light is now a few lumens brighter and the color temp changed to be perfectly as I like it.  I think expected life is now up to 44 years from 22.
3. My new BENQ 4K monitor.  Left it in a week at my friend's CSZ industrial freezer.  As expected, color spectrum is much more immersive, accurate and scaled to Panatone specs.  The monitor's USB and HDMI in/outputs respond with much more intimacy.
4. My cat "Zippy Jalopena."  Wonderful results from freezing him.  I no longer have to worry about the litter box, he hasn't puked on the couch in a week and cat food costs are way, way down.

You skeptics think this doesn't work....try it!!  Geoff the cryo-Chef couldn't be wrong.
 
Although my previous comment was in jest, it does, in its own way, contribute to the discussion...by hinting, as useful information, that Geoff's recommendation about freezing electronic components and accessories is, in my opinion, a joke.  Geoff will, as with his other ridiculous tweaks (like the green magic marker on CDs tweak), want you think he believes in most of this BS....but I'm thinking he is really smarter than that.

Even if some of this stuff had the ability to somehow (refuting science) modify, hopefully in a positive way, the sounds coming forth from your speakers, they would be so subtle and to defy aural detection.  And I'm not referring to the OP's "tweaks" mentioned in the original post.  Those can and do actually make a difference.

Geoff says:

Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone gets his panties in such a twist over some audiophile tweaks. Slow day at Subway, I suspect.
My friend, if you think my two posts are so emotional that I can be described as having my panties in a "Wow" twist, you have been living a sheltered life.  Also, as usual, you add your typical personal insult by implying that I, therefore, must be a blue collar salami slinger at Subway.  You do yourself a disservice with such sophomoric behavior.
Thanks, Gill.  Geoff, I'm sure is an OK guy but perhaps a bit overly obsessed with tweaks and this forum.  Me?  I just love listening to music and changing my system now and then to keep things interesting.  I have no interest in wasting time and ridiculous amounts on money on esoteric accessories and science-defying tweaks. 

Recently, while temporarily cooped up in my mother-in-law's guest house while we looked for a new home in the DFW area, I was listening to some music blue-toothed from my phone to a cheap soundbar.  I found myself tapping my foot and singing along.  I caught myself....thinking goodness...it is just a soundbar.  But it sounded good and I was enjoying myself. Too often, I think, we forget it's really more about the music than the system and we should be listening to the music and not our latest tweak.
There ya go!  Evolution as stated by the cryo-Chef.  Or maybe we should call it audio tweak creationism.