Love the idea of this thread but I must take exception to listing cables as tweaks as I feel speaker cables can be of an order greater than ICs and PCs, putting them in the category of a component.
Having said that, component isolation was of greater importance than I would have imagined. Think focus and clarity.
Power conditioning as well. Think lower noise floor and correspondingly better see thru with increased air, ambience and detail retrieval.
Fuses can completely flavor the sound.
PCs can expand the soundstage, add clarity and improve dynamics.
ICs can do the same as well as increase but on a higher scale.
Cable risers were a big surprise for me. Going from 2", to 6" to 8" all saw improvements that leave me still scratching my head. One would think just a couple of inches would suffice but the higher up, the better the improvement.
All the best,
Nonoise
Having said that, component isolation was of greater importance than I would have imagined. Think focus and clarity.
Power conditioning as well. Think lower noise floor and correspondingly better see thru with increased air, ambience and detail retrieval.
Fuses can completely flavor the sound.
PCs can expand the soundstage, add clarity and improve dynamics.
ICs can do the same as well as increase but on a higher scale.
Cable risers were a big surprise for me. Going from 2", to 6" to 8" all saw improvements that leave me still scratching my head. One would think just a couple of inches would suffice but the higher up, the better the improvement.
All the best,
Nonoise