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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
jerrybj OP
860 posts
 
That will change the industry Michael.

I had tried many amps with my eldest daughter.
A couple of A&R Cambridge A60s, a couple of my Plinius pre/power amps, Perreaux, Arcam. Over the years, she managed to blow all of them...

A couple of months ago we settled on a NuForce DDA-100. What a pleasant surprise. Coupled them with my oldish Quad 11L speakers and an SMSL B1 Bluetooth receiver, and she's never been this happy. 
jerrybj OP
860 posts
 
And until this, never considered the digital conversion at the end of the audio chain.
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michaelgreenaudio
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Hi Jerry

In the past the industry press chose not to talk about Low Mass tuning after the original reviews were made on the systems we were converting (even for reviewers). It was a matter of economics for the magazines, ads = press. The best sounding systems were not the expensive ones at all, but instead were the carefully tuned ones.

The technical reasons for the performance gains confused high end audio because they (HEA) had built a premise that didn't work, but they were already in up to their bank accounts. Even though some of us warned of chassis interference the high end jumped onboard bigger is better and went the opposite direction from what they should have.

Now that innovation is back in the driver seat the hobby is literally changing before our ears.

mg

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jji666
455 posts
 
"I like the reasonable replies from the reasonable people."

I’m not jumping into the snake oil discussion today. But the above statement = "I only want to hear from people who already agree with me."

THAT, my friends, is what is killing the world today. Forget about audio.

EDIT: Jerry, I am not singling you out.  I think this is endemic.  
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mahgister
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I am absolutely sure that you were right on one of the most important spot.... Thanks Michael Green...
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