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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gillatgh, ….."Ps. Did you know rubbing bacon grease on your cable ends or connectors will eliminate any sibilance in all applications?"

gillatgh, that is ridiculous, haven’t you been paying attention to Geoff regarding the degradation in CD sound due to stray laser music signals? What you need to do is coat your CDs with the bacon grease. You can experiment with plain, maple or hickory smoked to determine the best impact on sound quality based upon your musical preferences. Personally, I find the hickory smoked most pleasant with jazz recordings.

Feel free to eat your bacon after completing the "bacon grease extraction tweak". As with all tweaks, we all know you need to have a very resolving system to hear the sonic improvement, so if you don’t its because you have a mid fi system. My audiophile friends with golden ears and 400 years combined experience are all amazed by the sonic improvement this tweak provides, but mostly only comment thereon after eating the crispy bacon byproduct. You can thank me later.