Where’s My Weakest Link?


Hi All,

I often find myself wondering where to put resources (money) to take my system to the next level. Over the years I have slowly acquired equipment and sometimes I am impressed with the “upgrade”, others I am disappointed with the change/cost ratio. I recently purchased Jim Smiths book, Get Better Sound and was blown away with the changes I was able to make with what I have but I am now back at crossroads of , whats next?

I am running a Bluesound Node 2i> Carver C-16 pre> Conrad Johnson Sonographe SA250> Thiel 1.2.

So what do you think the weakest link is / whats the smartest upgrade?

Thanks in advance!
otterbein

audioguy85
I don’t disagree about common place basic tweaking, the ones that have stood the test of time and are logical...like speaker positioning, using a protractor to align a cartridge ( getting it close or maybe closer), isolating a turntable (of course!), and using quality cables and interconnects (why would you not!)

>>>>Well, you know, it would pretty easy to argue that those examples you gave aren’t really tweaks. They’re not really what we’re talking about. Speaker positioning and cartridge alignment are probably best described as normal set-up procedures or System Requirements. At least for most audiophiles. Isolating a turntable is more like what most audiophiles think of as a tweak. Other examples of tweaks: tube traps, tiny little bowl acoustic resonators, fuses, Schumann frequency generator, Mpingo discs, cable elevators, CD degausser, things of that nature. Tweak-o-Rama!