Craziest tweak?

[O'Shag]

The most bizzare and plain crazy tweak that I know is disassembling the system. And I do not mean pulling out your interconnects and speaker cables.
You will need to get rid of the boxes and break all your equipment to pieces - transformers, circuits, anything which is possible - take it out of the boxes and hang it all independently by elastic stripes ( the longer the better, ideally they should be fixed to the ceiling) all these parts should be connected by wire, which is supported the same way. All connections should be hardwired and soldered , no jacks, no RCAs, nothing like this. Effectively it will be a skeleton of the system with all the parts hanging in the air. It will sound like nothing you have ever heard before. How about that for a crazy tweak. I know a man who actually did it. And some more, I will not elaborate here. It requires you to know very well what the hell you are doing.
I have to add that it may be extremely dangerous, and breaks all possible UK regulations, so please, please do not do it at your home.

Good Lord! Now that is planet-jupiter-extreme! I'm sure there is some rational explanation why this should work?

 

[Nomoretweaks]

Good Lord! Now that is planet-jupiter-extreme! I'm sure there is some rational explanation why this should work?

Of course. Most obvious is vibrations, resonances and enegry exchange. But this is just scratching the surface.

 

[O'Shag]

I love those rooms at hi-fi shows where the Shakti fairy has been

The Shakti Fairy is very expensive :JOEL:.

 

[O'Shag]

Of course. Most obvious is vibrations, resonances and enegry exchange. But this is just scratching the surface.

That makes sense. But he must have a very understanding missus if his kit is in the living room.

 

[greg788]

That makes sense. But he must have a very understanding missus if his kit is in the living room.

Something tells me he's single.

 

[DavidF]

David - thanks for the explanation. I can't say if the squash balls work for sure as I've not taken the time to evaluate closely. I do know my system sounds very good at present and does have my squash ball solution in place.

I just tried squash balls under my valve amp........yep.......it did well.

It was actually very difficult to quantify WHAT sonded better....it just did.

Not to put anything /anybody down, I have to say I have had more limited success with the squashy ideas generally than the rock solid spike or cone and ball bearing methods. I did once try a sand box once......it was ok.......but my most success has been gained from disspating vibs rather than trying to absorb them (generally).

 

[RIPit]

I had my right ear syringed yesterday. Free on the NHS. The best upgrade I have ever heard

 

[la toilette]

I had my right ear syringed yesterday. Free on the NHS. The best upgrade I have ever heard

I always wonder about this, especally as I work in a very dusty environment, there must be all manner of crap down my lug holes .

Hey, what about those ear-extenders I read about somewhere, like mickey-mouse ears you can wear to make you hear better! Now that's a classy tweak, ha ha.

 

[Baudrillard]

Hey, what about those ear-extenders I read about somewhere, like mickey-mouse ears you can wear to make you hear better! Now that's a classy tweak, ha ha.

Hey, tell us more about the extenders? I'm all ears.

 

[YNMOAN]

They were called 'Golden Ears' I seem to remember - I tried to find a pic of them a couple of months ago to tease somebody on another forum but couldn't locate them :-(.

 

[sq225917]

Chammy leather ears they were..

 

[YNMOAN]

Indeed Folded into a pixie ear shape with the help of a press-stud (I think) and went over your real ear to make it bigger.