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Cheap Tweeks

Does anybody have any cheap tweeks to share with us to further our search for "affordable" sonic bliss? I have 3 for you to try that anyone can afford. 1) if your amp sets on the floor, try putting 4 tennis balls under it. you might want to place a piece of half inch plywood under the amp first. 2) If you need to isolate your components better, put a piece of plywood under them and then put the largest size bubble wrap that you can find uner them. These ideas work and are much cheeper than big buck isolation platform. 3)If you use "dynamic" speakers, put a quarter at the top front corners and a dime in the center. It must be the resonence of the change that does the trick. All I know is that it works.
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drpie
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Best cheap tweak - Jack Daniels, but not for long)) Bybee iQSE is an absolute benefit.
allears4u
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Thumbs up on Bybee Quantum Clarifiers! BIG NEWS. So here's yet another cheap tweak that transformed those Klipsch Lascalas once again. My bad since after everything we all know about vibration (and I've been staring right at the issue without seeing it for years!) here it is....You know how the Lascala has two separate sections? Well, the top sits upon the bottom which houses the bass bin (famous for being a shy performer). Shy or not, since the mid and tweeter ride above the bass it shakes the living hell out of those horns. Yesterday I cut up my "Purple" seat cushion into 16 4" squares, sandwiched with closed cell foam and positioned the top bin onto the squares. I got lucky guessing at getting the top to "hover" on the cushions where the top will jiggle with a slight push. The mid and treble is 25%, no...50%...no..75% better depending on how much bass heavy the music is. At first I tried just foam but the "purple" is squishy in just the right amount. Cheap and simple and WHY DIDN"T I DO THIS % YEARS AGO!!<??

allears4u
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Just made another break through. which, when you hear it you'll say. as I did. why didn't I think of this earlier? Those huge Klipsch Lascalas have two sections which plug together. the HF bin and the LF bottom bin. They sit on each other separated by 4 hard rubber feet. As is immediately obvious, these "feet" provide next to no vibration isolation. So...I cut up a 'purple' seat cushion into 16 4" pads, sandwiched them between thin closed cell foam "bread" and placed 8 between each of them. Wowsa! Another excellent upgrade into better resolution especially in mid and high frequency details. And if I'm not mistaken, the bass is clearer too. The purple' cushion is about $50. Wasn't using it anyway much. May be better with real spring things   

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