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Any tweaks I'm missing?

I have lots of ’tweaks’ added to my system.

Is there anything I’m missing?

A small cupboard, so no power conditioner possible.

A smallish budget, so most probably no Gate to try.

One small request...

Can the negative knobs please refrain from commenting.

I’m not interested in what you think of me, the products you have not tried, or my spending habits.

Only those who have experiences of possible additions, would be much appreciated.


Upgraded over the last year:

Chokes on electrical items with a switched mode power supply
Halide Bridge USB to coaxial reclocker
Akiko Triple AC Power Enhancer
Audio Prism Ground Control spades on speakers
RCA shorting plugs for inputs on my amp.
Akiko Tuning Caps on amp outputs.
Akiko Fuse Box Tuning Chip.
1 x Shumann Resonator Chatres SE + power supply

1 x Schumann Resonator CHARTRES Mk3

Black Ravioli pads for amp, Dac and power supply

Vibrapod isolation cones and feet
Akiko Universal Tuning Sticks on speaker cables.
iFi AC iPurifier.
MCRU Mains Filtration plug
Mad Scientist Nitro Nano power cables.
’LOA audio tweak’ chip.
Signal Ground solutions SGS-1 Groundng Box.
3 x Bybee iQSE - one on power board.
High Fidelity Cables MC-0.5
XLR Noise Stopper Caps.
Russ Andrews ’The Silencer.’
Audioquest Jitterbug.
iFi USB Silencer.
SR Orange fuses

PPT Omega + EMat to trial

Mad Scientist Graphene Contact Enhancer to apply
Mad Scientist Donuts coming.


Ideas?



jerrybj
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mahgister
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Put on top or under each Schumann generator one of my "golden" plate " a tile of shungite between 100 or 250 gram with one side taped with copper self adhesive tape...The shungite side in contact with the S.G. under it or on top, even on the power supply if you prefer... Improvement is certain... Price cost 10 dollars each tile ( buy in Russia from Ebay) Enjoy... I am very curious if you can compare the improvement with some tweaks like the Omega mats or other tweaks...

The golden plate effect are also cumulative, on interconnect, unused plugs etc, no negative effect at all, only positive in my system heavily tweaked already... It is free but very effective for me.... It is my own idea and I am proud to give it...
kudelka8
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Sounds like serious overkill. A better question for you to ask is more like “what should I remove from my system to make it sound better?”I like to cook, and have 47 different spices in my cupboard, but I don.t  use  all of them for every recipe..  

You didn’t list a hospital grade wall out let. Run out and get one. Huge difference, ,that can make. .Furutech and wattgate make excellent ones.

then take all of the tweaks out of your system, well away from it, and listen to what you have.

Then work on your speaker placement. Get that perfect. No sense doing anything else till you’ve Done that.

then start adding back tweaks, one at a time. Experiment with combinations, look for synergy. Take months at it.. Just because one of them makes a system sound different doesn’t’ mean it sounds better. 

I’m all in favour of tweaks. Yes they can help a lot, but most of them don't, really. But it’s wonderful when you find one that does. The last one I found that made my jaw drop was set of Bindbreakers under my pre-amp. Another recent discovery was that it improves the sound a lot to turn off my power conditioner when I’m not listening to music. And oh yes, reboot my modem and demag the whole system before listening .

Everything you try is going to be system and room dependent. 
bemused
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The ADD-Powr line of AC and em field tuners made by Coherence.
Great tweak value for the money are the ElectraClear conditioners.
Also, the Symphony and Sym Pro devices are excellent inexpensive tweaks that definitely tune and harmonize your system.
Imo, some of the best tweak products available.
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mahgister
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kudelka8

I think you are right...

All my tweaks are homemade and often created by me, introduced one by one for the last 2 years...… Always improving, no negative, easy to correct any negative if you control all , materials and homemade product, except the cheap Schumann generator that I had modify...


My system will look like trash for most people, but the sound was more than very good, not at the start at all but after all , cleaning. controlling, modifying tweaks, this "trash"  system sound Hi-FI… My system section contains photos...
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bigwave1
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+1 geoffkait LMAO. 
+1 mijostyn still tears. Very good everyone. Enjoying all. 

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