Ref#	Cm	Tweak Description
445		Dedicated mains
444		Equipment Isolation
443		The wonders of blu-tac on my Rotel rcd-1070 cd player
442		Anyone use Quietcoat?
441		AC outlet
440		MiHorn/Focus Ring Alternatives.
439		Change your existing basic outlet with a commercial grade outlet
438		MDF Shelf Treatment
435		Damping Material
434	1	Tighten the screws on your speakers in the speaker cabinets.
433		Effective, cheap, very affordable and easy to install.
431		Speakers setup on carpet
429		Digital to Analog Sound...the Easy Way!!!
428		The Space Harmonizer, a new unique resonant platform
411		FM performance
410	1	Concrete blocks above AND below the sub!
408		Contact treatment
407	1	Clean up bass response on sub-woofer
405	1	Isolation platform
404		Leaving your equipment switched on
403	1	Turntable isolation via holographic setup principles
402		Stylus replacement shure m75, m91 etc
401	1	Cheap mains conditioner
400		Replacing spikes on stands
399		CD player platform
398		Dampening CD player chassis/housing
397		Dampning inside CD player
396		Cheaper Supplier of Lead/Steel Shot
395		Voltage regulation
394		Make ground plan for DAC chip, easy way to improove S/N
393		Styrene foam cylinders [as cable separators]
392	1	Reducing "digititis" glare of CD
391	8	Bass Tune your room
390	1	Focus Rings
388		Inky black contact enhancer liquid
387	1	Zobel network calculator
385	7	Amazing speaker tweak
384		CD Base
383		AC Line Noise
382		Anti-Resonance Platform for audio components
379	1	Audio Spectrum analysis, home theater room optimizer
378	1	Checking AC field around your cables
377	3	Put ferrite beads on your speaker cables
376	1	Twin inner tube damping device
374		Acorn nuts under speaker spikes
373	1	The speaker attachment to improve sound
372	2	Mass Load Device
369	3	Silicone resin used inside cabinet for maximum clarity
367		Wall panels - Effective and cheap
366		Vibration control for components, $15 rollerblocks
365		Buckwheat Pillow Vibration Fix
364		Component isolation (substutite for graphite blocks)
363		Cheap AC line noise filter
362	1	Twist your interconnect cables into "twisted pair"
360		Hockey Pucks (as equipment feet)
359		Turntable Tweak
358	3	Video and Audio improvements in Home Theatre System
356		Subwoofer tweak
355	4	AC plugs
354	3	AC outlet
352	1	Vibration control platform.
351		Clean Your Clock - quick tweak to improve the clock performance in your CD player.
348		Upgrade caps resistors in speaker crossovers.
347		Driver dampening on speaker cabinets.
346	6	Aluminium honeycomb footers.
345		Pirelli bi-wire cables, strands not solid-core, as speaker cables.
342	5	Use Brasso polish to make scratchy CD's like new again.
341	1	Stabilize the voltage supply on IC in CD player, DAC, OPAmp etc. to improve leading edge of music pulses.
340	1	Cd cleaner that really improves the sound quality of budget cd players.
339	1	Clean all copper contacts like equipment plugs,valve pins,fuses.More current to your system.
338		Stand speakers on a cutout piece of 1-2 cm thick polystyrene, the same size as the base of each speaker.
337		Neat dampeners
335		Improved stability, vibration damping, focuses speakers
334		Superior version of MDF (medium density fiberboard).
333	4	Make your own awesome solid silver interconnects and cables
332		Better alternative to expensive HiFi stands.
329	2	Use pieces of a thick neoprene mousepad to decouple speakers on stands
328		Speaker/speaker stand isolation platform
326	1	Apply FunTack to caps, ICs and transistors.
324	1	Short circuit the digital out from your cd-player when not onnected to a separate d/a converter
323		Resonance damping of bass and midrange steel baskets with car repair "steel plastics"
322		Place thin piece of mortite strategically on cd transport tray so that it doesn't interfere with the opening and closing function.
320		Solid-Tech
319	4	Three evenly spaced PVC tubes behind speakers to tune them
318		BassLine, an acoustic enhancement invention for improving sound from bass reflex speakers.
317	1	Tennis Balls for Excellent Dampning and Better Air Circulation
316		Rollerblocks
315		Air Isolation of components!
314		Inexpensive high quality interconnect wire for thoes that make their own interconnects
292		Zerostat to render cd's static free.
291		Vinyl flooring as great panel damping.
290		Flour in ziploc bags rather than sand.
288		Home made, non-shielded (Not needed and only degrades the sound), low capacitance solid silver interconnects.
287		Laser alinging your speakers, perfect alingment!
286	1	Remove stock (hard plastic) feet from your CD player
285	1	Put ball bearings in three Vibrapods and place turntable on it.
284		Reduce front baffle loudspeaker diffraction losses
282		An isolation platform for your turntable. Probably works well on CD players too.
281		Solder wire ends to prevent fraying + improve connections
280		Low jitter, high accuracy replacement CD clock module
278		Oak drawer knobs from DIY shop used as equipment feet.
277		To extend the IC's life and dampen created HF
276	3	If your Television is between your speakers, throw a blanket over it when listening to music.
275		Component isolation
274	2	Amazing roller ball isolation device for CD players
273		Neoprene washer substitute.
272	1	Cheap CD Mat
271		Perfect sound staging
270		Place layers of bubble wrap under component shelves to achieve air based isolation.
269	3	Biamp and biwire your loudspeakers if possible.
267		Best Solid Silver loudspeaker cable on Earth
264		Positioning spikes for optimum sonics
263		Replacing cheap wire with higher quality copper.More punch,and higher definition
262		"Spikes" for speakers, racks, et al
261		Speaker damping without fibreglass,etc.
260		Replace speaker terminals and wires to crossover with some decent (solderable) speaker cable soldered directly to crossover, spades to amp
254		An isolation platform placed on top of components to reduce EFI interference and better the effectiveness of isolation platforms.
253		Air dampening/isolation device
248		Speaker setup
247		Skipping CD's
245		Vibration isolation platform.
244	2	The Nordost Eco 3 Antistatic Spray prevents static charges to build up on your equipment, your cables and even your records and CD's!
243		Switch cycling
240	1	Digital equipment in separate a/c zone.
239		Back wall resonance deadening.
238	1	Bike tube under CD player/amp
237		Lifting speakercables off the floor
236		Bitumen damping of CD cabinet
235		Damping of CD transport mechanism
234		Keeps speaker cables from touching the ground.
232		Gold connector cleaner and conditioner-sealer
231		Economically challenged tube traps
230		Vibrapods are great but can't be used with spikes unless you have some kind of cover for them.
229		Terminal and contact cleaner with electro-magnetic properties to enhance electrical connectivity on gold surfaces
228		Use nylon bolts instead of spikes on hardwood floors.
227		Some use tennis balls, but for those of us with limited space "squash balls" work better for component isolation.
226		Use a sheet of EAR ISODAMP, about 30 per. and cover the top and bottom of the chassis with it.
225	1	Damping(especially metal- and ceramic dome) tweeter's high-freq. Resonance
224		Put eggboxes of commercial damping panels in critical areas to cut reflected energy at listening position.
223		Foam ring around tweeters.
220	2	Use an isolation transformer without plugging your equipment into it
219	2	Elevate your listening position to get your ears at the same level as your tweeters.
215	1	Very cheap, very good sounding homebrew speaker cable
214		Ohm that unused digital output!
213	1	BI-Amping your system...eliminate the crossover in the speaker
212		Vitalizing most tube amps by modernizing the driving-section.
211		Compound Bias for tube power amplifiers. Not just fixed OR auto Bias, but both.
210		Cones/Trap'zd's/bullet shaped anti-resonant weights for speakers/electronics
209		Speaker/IC line supports...cones/rounds/polys/squares/trap'zds
205		Place all cabling off of the floor using styrofoam cups.
203		A demp the chassis with MDF blocks 2 inch square
202		Install a special power group only for your audio installation
201		Play Densen : DeMAGIC CD
200		Replace all the ceramic capacitors with WIMA red ones (No MKS). or Siemens styroflex
199	1	Adding new connectors to your amp.
198		Look in the ads in hi-fi mags and design your own speaker and equipment stands
197		Shelves can be improved upon by a sandwich of plywood and cork.
195		Put a bag of shot on your amp, if possible (don't block air holes) and especially on your CD player.
194	4	Isolating Stones
192	1	Use inflated rubber tubes as seismic sink of CD or turntable players.
190		Equalize audio to match your hearing!
189		Quad els on target stands.
187	3	Amp on-top of cd
186		Purchased stanley door stoppers from WallMart and placed under amp and turntable for isolation.
184	3	Heavy felt tweeter rings for smoother detailed treble
183		Big do-it-yourself ferrite rings for eliminating EFI in power/speaker cables.
180		Upgrade the mains supply
179		Short the unused inputs on your pre-amp.
178	1	Damp amplifier cooling fins
177		Homemade speaker and component support.
174		A static discharge device, similar in effect to Versa Labs' "Zap", which retails for $40.00.
173		Poster hanging putty
172		A polymer damping sheet with a concentric circle design on one side-supposed to eliminate internal standing waves
171	1	A sheet of .125" damping material with a viscoelastic adhesive backing
170		A cylindrical open-cell foam piece of tubing used for insulation of water pipes
169	1	Using this interconnect between transport and d/a converter
168		Use between pre-amp and subwoofer to eliminate bad effects of long interconnects on sound quality
167		Using 3 natural quart crystal balls inserted into wood base for the equipment support.
166		An improvised RoomLens
165		Replace your current speaker wire with Home Depot 6 gauge stranded electrical wire.
164	1	Marble support table. Wonderful!!
163		Replacing rectifiers of power supply. Incredible!
162		Short-out unused inputs of your preamp
161		Home made power cords. Amazing!
160		Position cd-player and preamp away from power amplifier.
159		Mounting bypass capacitors in your speakers network.
158		Shortcut the unused INPUTS to the preamplifier (No, not OUTPUTS, please, unless you want to make some damage!)
157		Basic reinforced Aluminum cone
156	1	Rec-out preamp connection
155	1	Ferrite rings
151		Switch components from left to right channel.
149		Use a sound pressure meter to help place speakers (and integrate a sub-woofer) by balancing all of the frequencies.
148		Got my speakers "off the ground" and moved the horn tweeter to ear level made a WORLD of difference!
147		Speaker cones or spikes DRAMATICALLY increase not only BASS response but soundstage and imaging!
143		Blue tacky puddy like substance provides great damping and coupling to speakers
142		MDF Speaker Stand
141	2	Correct Polarity using a Digital Multi Meter
140		Setting up speakers with string
139	1	Hospital grade power outlets
138	1	MDF sand Box
137	2	Erosion of the edge of CD
136		Changing power cord connections to mains
134		Near field monitoring
132		Suspending your speaker wires off the floor
131		Small metal cones under front edge of proac tablettes
130		2 in. thick square concrete slabs on top of my subwoofer
129		Tracking weight
127		Tweeter anti-diffraction rings
126		Remove build up of static charges on the surface of any cable as well as CD's
125		Speaker setup
123		Eliminating first reflections in listening room
122		Use shorter runs of speaker cables
121		Tighten the screws on the units of your speakers from time to time
120	1	Coins placed under the spikes of speakers or stands
119	1	Solid core, house hold industry, mains cable as your power cords
117	1	Coins on top of speakers do wonders
116		A platform to reduce the vibration of a CD player or source
115		Using Belden coax cable as speaker wire
114		DeoxIt and Pro-Gold are contact cleaners which also improve the conductivity of all the (electrical)contacts in your hifi setup
113		Connecting two identical conductors in a single path
110	1	The ultimate no-cost speaker stand
109		Outboard Power Supply/ transformer
108		Installed two cooling fans in an entertainment unit to reduce heat generated by six components.
107	1	In addition to painting the CD edges green, painting the CD tray and the inside of the chassis cover would also benefit from the green paint effect
106		Rope platform for audio components
105		10kg Steal block for use with acoustic balance cones
104		Cones made of Aluminum outercone in which steal inlay is shrinked. space is filled with bitumen-like material
103		Separate Digital and analogue Supplies to regulators and run digital (5V) regulators from Nicad Batteries
101		Do-it-yourself RFI detection
100	1	Adding a 3/4" glass panel to the top of the CD player
98	3	Improve your imaging in spite of having a TV between your speakers
97		Damping vibration in lower priced cd players to improve performance
94		Outboard power supply
93	2	My tweak is about equipment damping, instead of buying Shakti Stones or Bright Stars, I put block of marble at the top of each of my component so vibrations are damped and somewhat minimized
92	4	Half racquetballs to dampen components
91		Glass panel tweak
90		Phono cable dressing for suspended t.tables
88		Throwing away the OP amps at the output of the dacs. replacing them with tube
87	1	Replacing the 12 volts DC power supply with two car battery
86		Rewiring from the terminals to the diaphragm. Taking out the inner screen
84		The best tube damping rings
79		Cones
77	2	Slate under the spikes of the speaker stand
72	1	Remove the damping from reflex speakers and insert a V shaped brace running top to bottom (2"x2" approx.)to break up standing waves and add speed to bass
71		Clean up your home's AC line
70		Remove your grill cloths
68		Use to damp vibrations
67		Use spiral cable wrap to damp resonances of tonearm
66	1	Use plastic 35mm film containers on power cords, interconnects and speaker cable to cut RFI
65		Lift chokes off pc-board
62	2	Wooden boxes filled with #8 lead shot
61		Foam mattress pads on your wall
59	1	Securing bookshelf speakers with "Blue-tac" on stands
58		Putting marble/granite slabs of different thickness underneath the spikes of the amplifier improves soundstaging
55	1	Inexpensive, but effective acoustic panels
50	1	Black Diamond Racing cones, The Things and The Pits…
49	1	OHP covers
48		Poor man's seismic sink
45		Different soundimage in surroundsystems
41		Construct Maple sand Box for equipment support
39		Close doors to listening area
38		Reduce resonance of wood component racks
37	3	Use plumber’s teflon tape on your small input tubes for vibration control
35		Damping for equipment racks and speaker stands
33		Separate dedicated AC lines for amp and digital components
32	1	Mount these to your speakers and low frequencies are enhanced.
31		Change the capacitors and resistors in the cross-over in your speakers to better types
30	1	Damping feet for CD players
29		Nothing to upgrade? Then upgrade your AC cord to this
28		Item is a clear plastic-like material in the form of a washer. It has a tacky surface
26		Cheap tonearm wrap
25		Large bubble wrap isolation for CDP
24		Marble slab subwoofer platform
23	2	2 inch thick poly foam tubing placed around speaker cables
22		Improved contact
20	2	10 pair telephone wire as speaker cable
19		Coil spring mounting of speaker enclosures
18	1	These are little metal cones, put them under your speakers and you will have midrange galore, esp, guitars and vocals
17	1	Granite plate
16		Fill gallon bags with play sand, place on top of CD players, amplifiers (away from heat-dispersion fins!)
12	1	Fill freezer type Ziplock sandwich storage bags with sand and sandwich between two pieces of MDF
11		Contact cleaner and preservative
10		Isolation device
9	1	CD spinner and magnetic field source used in combination with a tape demagnetizer
8		Component isolation device
7	3	Pluse transformer for Digital
6	3	Ground your metal rack, reduce noise
5		Cheap tube damper for input and driver tubes
4	1	Get the Digital Gear away from your tuner
3	5	Stuff dacron pillow batting into the ports on your ported speaker to tune the bass response
2	4	Build yourself a component rack