sgordon1

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Fuses that matter.
If you can hear a difference, then there is a difference.If you can't, then there isn't. For you, in that specificapplication. 
Anyone use the Walker Talisman?
Awesome product.Check website for recommended uses. 
Improvement cd disc?
Marigo Ultima CD mat will transform your listeningexperience. It must be tried, to be believed! 
I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet
I return about one of every ten tweaks that I audition.I always let my ears be the judge, every single time.Chips, fuses, cd and room treatments, enhancers of various kinds...it doesn't matter what they are made of or what Ithink the value of the ... 
The best of the ECM label
Two of my favorite artists are Dino Saluzzi andGianluigi Trovesi. Always great performances and superbly recorded,even a level above ECM's typically excellent offerings. 
Synergistic Research HFT + FEQ
My version, DIY: (thanks, Ozzy)Parts...1) copper fitting reducer 3/8 to 1/4 (about an inch long)OR any 1/4 diameter copper pipe, bought from AC, refrigeration supplier2) 7mm (9/32) brass fly tying coneheads, 100 count, fromRip Lips FishingProcess.... 
Review: Acoustic Revive RR-77 Tweak
Shelf, stand, bracket attached to the wall...In my experience, better sounding with nothing abovethe unit and "into" the listening space... make sense? 
Review: Acoustic Revive RR-77 Tweak
"Everything" makes a difference... right?Try this one: play a cd (however you typically treat or don'ttreat it before inserting in the machine). One track should do it.Next, remove the cd and place it, label side up, on the Schumann Resonator, for... 
Review: Acoustic Revive RR-77 Tweak
Sabai, I would like to add "vibration isolation"to your list. My Schumann unit is placed at the end of a piece of maple,sitting on a shelf at the rear of the room, six feet high, extending into the room. The quality of the isolating device changes... 
Synergistic Research HFT + FEQ
You might want to try copper sleeves over the XOTconnections. I polished the inside and outside of 1 inch pieces before putting in place. It will change the sound! 
Afraid to buy new speakers
Invest in headphones/headphone amplifier.Minimal room interference.Wife pleasing.More bang for your audio buck.Feed your head. 
A Shout-Out for Grado Service
Earbuds and headphones, too, for me. No problems.And the same woman has been answering the phones, for years! 
Synergistic Research HFT + FEQ
SR suggests a 72 hour period before evaluating the XOT...(now they tell me!) 
What's wrong with my almost new speakers?
Have you been keeping the cabinet and the drivers clean?When was the last time you cleaned both ends of the cable terminationsand the speaker posts? When was the last time you snugly tightened the screws of the speaker cabinet?Have you made any ch... 
Synergistic Research HFT + FEQ
I am happiest with the Stein Speaker Match, whichintegrate the top and bottom of my biwired Martin Logan Prodigysas never before. The XOT did nothing for me,but at least I gave them a try. (It was not a close comparison...)