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Tweaker's Soliloquy

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Posted on October 27, 2020 at 10:22:17
tweaker456
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 TWO TWEAK OR NOT TO TWEAK? IS IT NOT BETTER TO HAVE TWEAKED AND FAILED

THEN TO NEVER HAVE TWEAKED AT ALL? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS






So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

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Baby aspirin...., posted on October 27, 2020 at 11:42:13
Ivan303
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 One a day = 44% reduction in covid mortality!


First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: Tweaker's Soliloquy , posted on October 27, 2020 at 12:06:58
Dynobot
 Yes indeed it IS BETTER to have tweaked and failed than to never have tweaked at all....

Case in point.

I've owned 3 Havana Dacs...still have the 3rd. The second one I tweaked until I killed it. After replacing 50+ parts inside...it was TOTALLY FUN!!!!

Upgrade Summary - Total 54 parts upgraded
-PCM56P-K grade chips x2 - classic NOS Dac sound and increased extension
-R-Core x1- increased impact and clarity across the spectrum
-Jupiter Caps x6- incredible lush textured sound but still clear presentation throughout
-ELNA Silmic and Silmic II x25 - electrolytic caps throughout - sound stage depth/width
-Shinkoh Tantalum resistors x6 - transformed the Dac into a different beast, now I can hear the harmonics of the tube. The music swings as it should, shimmer and sheen without glare. Shinkohs seem to remove the electronics from the music.
-Schottky Diodes x8- enhanced the character of the Shinkoh resistors a must have to get the full potential of Shinkoh
-Auricaps x5 - improved texture throughout the frequency range
-Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme fuse x1- provided more energy and impact

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

With my current Havana and Orchid Dac[s] I've only made a few tweaks.

 

RE: Tweaker's Soliloquy , posted on October 27, 2020 at 12:28:26
tweaker456
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 Good post Dynobot. +1 on the Silmic ll's. Eventually I guess I'll have to give the tants a try. I will give you a free titanium 6-32 titanium screw with a money back guarantee and a won't kill your equipment guarantee. Easy as pie.


So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

RE: Tweaker's Soliloquy , posted on October 27, 2020 at 12:39:08
Dynobot
 I made a HUGE MISTAKE when I got rid of the dead Hanava. I should have scavenged all of its parts, then threw away the corpse.

Some of those parts are very hard to come by these days, if impossible.

Some things I learned from tweaking that Dac.
1. Tweaks can not improve a Dac chips resolution
2. Tweaks need time to settle in and break in before real evaluation
3. The more you tweak a component the closer you will approach diminishing returns
4. At some point there will be a trade-off instead of linear improvements [this gets better=that gets worse]
5. Synergy can include some inferior components
6. Tuning tubed gear should include all [coupling, isolating and damping]
7. Wood can improve the sound of most anything that plays music

 

RE: Baby aspirin...., posted on October 27, 2020 at 12:56:18
mg16
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 Been taking one a day for many years.
Keeps the blood flowing in my 69 year old veins.
mg16

 

RE: Tweaker's Soliloquy , posted on October 27, 2020 at 13:03:10
tweaker456
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 #7- depends of the wood. It can improve it or ruin it.


So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

True....it does depend on the wood.....nt, posted on October 27, 2020 at 13:08:27
Dynobot
 .

 

RE: True....it does depend on the wood.....nt, posted on October 27, 2020 at 14:31:15
rivervalley817
 please refer to the post on Freud's weed wacker by Ghost

regards,

 

RE: True....it does depend on the wood.....nt, posted on October 27, 2020 at 14:39:29
Dynobot
 "Freud's weed wacker...."????

Don't know of such a post or poster...

Either way, makes no difference. All I can do is do what my ears tell me, haven't been able to make them [not hear] something or [hear what I read] ie specs. They say they like something, I say okay, they say they don't like something, I say okay. Haven't been able to hear via other peoples ears either. Guess I just have to make due.


 

RE: True....it does depend on the wood.....nt, posted on October 27, 2020 at 14:49:30
rivervalley817
 it's a bit complicated and 'a stretch' in using jovial double entendre

never mind, carry on

 

RE: True....it does depend on the wood.....nt, posted on October 27, 2020 at 14:57:08
Dynobot
 Ahhhhh, I get it!...LOL

I guess, depending on the person...they type of 'wood' would make a difference.


 

RE: True....it does depend on the wood.....nt, posted on October 27, 2020 at 15:18:47
rivervalley817
 *whew* ... like I said ... it was a stretch

regards,

 

RE: True....it does depend on the wood.....nt, posted on October 27, 2020 at 20:16:50
Duster
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 I'm a big fan of DIY tonewood platforms. I use several different kinds of boards including Hickory, Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Acacia, Eucalyptus, and Sheesham/Indian Rosewood. I also use laminated Bamboo which is not quite a tonewood but only under outboard power supplies and power line distributors/conditioners. Bamboo has been used to build musical instruments with, but provides little or no characteristic tonal qualities to speak of to my ear, which is why I use it under external power supplies and under power line distributors/conditioners.

 

RE: Tweaker's Soliloquy , posted on October 27, 2020 at 22:58:20
welly
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 Ah!
To tweak
Or, not to tweak
That is (indeed) the question!
Whether it is nobler in the mind to mess around with perfectly functional gear
Or to suffer the pain and anguish of letting the smoke out :-)

Cheers

Welly
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
- Douglas Adams


 

Well, It Could Have Been Worse........., posted on October 28, 2020 at 01:14:15
Todd Krieger
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 Much worse.........

 

RE: Attention JR and Rod, posted on October 28, 2020 at 10:43:12
tweaker456
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 Me thinks Welly's post is not in the spirit of the Tweaker's Asylum, not that I am asking it to be taken down. Maybe we can have a new forum , Non-Tweaker's Forum, I'm Perfectly Happy With My Sound System Forum, The Skeptical Non-Tweakers' Forum, Why F With It? Forum something along those lines?? I say we vote on it. Something to keep the fiffraff out of Tweakers' Asylum . Whatdahya think? Tweaker
















So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

If it Ain't Broke, posted on October 28, 2020 at 12:22:01
Dynobot
 Break it!!!


Then fix it!!!


Its fun...:-)


 

RE: If it Ain't Broke, posted on October 28, 2020 at 12:40:00
rivervalley817
 at least you'll know how it works if it works again

fixed a clock that way, even had a gear left over, dead accurate 2X / day

and I do mean dead ... well, it still made 'tik tok' noises so ...

success!

 

RE: Attention JR and Rod, posted on October 28, 2020 at 15:05:22
welly
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Cheers

Welly
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
- Douglas Adams


 

RE: I and Sargent Schultz..., posted on October 29, 2020 at 10:32:49
tweaker456
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 ... see nothing funny about coming to a forum devoted to stereo tweaking to discourage tweaking to a guy who calls himself tweaker. Maybe it's just me and Schultz?

Best Schultz Know Nothing GIFs | Gfycat

So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

It's better to have Loved and Lost., posted on October 29, 2020 at 10:54:16
oldmkvi
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 Much Better.

 

RE: I and Sargent Schultz..., posted on October 29, 2020 at 11:19:57
rivervalley817
 you're just not the carefree soul you used to [seem] to be my good fellow

lighten up a little, or even a lot if you're 'centered' enough

will I get your usual 'War & Peace' reply now?

or can you just take some friendly advice without breaking out in hives?

it is friendly, honest!

regards,

 

RE: I and Sargent Schultz..., posted on October 29, 2020 at 14:56:46
welly
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 Ah well, I thought there was a place for humour in all walks of life, but apparently not!

I will print and stick your posts on the wall next to my computer, to remind my self that, in future, no attempts at humour should be posted in the tweaking asylum...
Cheers

Welly
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
- Douglas Adams


 

RE: I and Sargent Schultz..., posted on October 29, 2020 at 15:16:34
rivervalley817
 nothing wrong with your viewpoint whatsoever whatever wherever whenever amongst other strings of adjective, adverbs, pronouns etc. starting or ending with W ... Welly

I think Tweaker is just a little stressed from cramming for finals in his Vit. D class where we know he will pass with flying wolors, I mean 'colors'

I made that up

regards,



 

RE: I and Sargent Schultz..., posted on October 29, 2020 at 18:24:56
Duster
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No worries, welly.

Cheers, Duster

 

RE: I and Sargent Schultz..., posted on October 29, 2020 at 18:38:01
rivervalley817
 there's steroids for Emojis?

wow!

 

If "we" did that, then...., posted on October 30, 2020 at 12:38:11
Lew
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 the Tweakers Asylum would become nothing but a list of tweaks. Don't you want some thoughtful feedback on your ideas, not all of which are sure to be pure gold (Jerry!)? If the tweak holds water, it ought to withstand some friendly scrutiny, I would think. When or if the comments become ad hominem or otherwise disdainful, we do have moderators for that.

 

Where did you get that one?, posted on October 30, 2020 at 13:48:01
Lew
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 nt

 

RE: If "we" did that, then...., posted on October 30, 2020 at 14:24:45
tweaker456
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 Sure enough Lew, I would love actual thoughtful feedback of yours and rivervalley's and welly's and madisonears' opinion of the titanium screw after all ya'll actually listened to it. Also the excellent Fenton solid brass wall plate. I know that a free titanium screw costs too much for some people and I do realize that some people are psychic and can tell what is useful and what is useless without even trying it and I do realize the tremendous risk of popping out a disk while changing a wall plate or wall plate screw. Years of agony for what? Even worst than blowing up a piece of "perfectly functioning" electronics by doing something stupid while unnecessarily "upgrading" resistors and capacitors or replacing bunk diode bridges. If my function in life was to prove Tweaker456 wrong on every occasion, someone who can't possibly be as correct as a stopped clock, I would think the opportunity to listen to a stupid titanium screw would be jumped upon. Just think of the laughs at ol' Tweaker's expense that could be had backed by actual experience. But noooooow. Tweaker456







So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

Key Words, posted on October 30, 2020 at 14:34:27
Dynobot
 "..... after all ya'll actually listened to it."

Thats the thing, 99% errr a large % of people are very quick to dismiss anything and everything. They want 'scientific proof', 'white-papers', 'evidence' or basically [group buy-in] that something works. Otherwise they scrutinize...no flat out say it doesn't work without even trying.

Like I said before....Audiophiles are a curious bunch of folks, they believe sound can be improved [as evidenced by their constant upgrading] but will flat out rebuke anyone who has actually achieved better sound and say 'impossible'.


I appreciate tweaker456 or anyone who will step forward and share their tweaks. With that said, I doubt if I will spend any time or effort posting any tweak I've done...the hassle just isn't worth it...to me. I created some tweaks for Linux based audio, you would not believe all the bashing I received just for sharing. I just made the scripts available on GitHub and stopped replying or even talking about how, why etc. etc. they work.


 

RE: Key Words, posted on October 30, 2020 at 14:51:41
tweaker456
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 I believe it Dynobot. Good post. I once had a neighbor a while back who was into audio a bit. She had a pair of Spicas. I said they sounded good and that she could make them sound better by upgrading the capacitors. She would pretty much never speak to me again after that. How could little ol' random neighbor me know better than the great people at Spica, who of course put the best capacitors known to man in their speakers. I figure if I can get to a person or two now and then it's worth it but your MO might be better.




So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

Beware of audiophiles bearing medical advice..., posted on October 30, 2020 at 15:00:54
Steve O
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 ...on internet message boards...........esp boards with "asylum" as part of their name.

 

RE: Beware of audiophiles bearing medical advice..., posted on October 30, 2020 at 15:35:41
rivervalley817
 I would have chalked those remarks up to sarcasm but I don't want to seem facetious ; )

 

RE: If "we" did that, then...., posted on October 30, 2020 at 17:44:54
Lew
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 If that was sarcasm, it's OK. In fact I probably could not be bothered to experiment with wall plates, let alone with the screws that hold them in place. But I defend your right to do so. And I am not so blameless; I have experimented with titanium screws to hold a cartridge in a headshell, based only on the word of some guru that titanium screws sound best. In that case, one of the Japanese companies sells packets of titanium cartridge screws and nuts.

 

Thanks, Steve., posted on October 30, 2020 at 17:52:46
Lew
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 As an MD infectious disease guy who spent more than 40 years as a virologist running my own lab, I am acutely sensitive to unfounded tips but also aware that I don't know everything. Actually, the use of ASA in COVID19 is controversial, as to whether patients who take it regularly ought to discontinue its use or whether its use ought to be encouraged, because there is a coagulation abnormality associated with COVID that could be either ameliorated or worsened or neither, if one is taking ASA. You can line up a rationale any way you like, based only on the known physiology. We need more actual data. But for sure there is no 44% benefit in preventing death, based on any peer reviewed literature I know about.

 

Suddup and take your aspirin...., posted on October 31, 2020 at 08:44:51
Ivan303
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 "What the researchers eventually found was that aspirin use was associated with a 44-percent reduction in the risk of being put on a mechanical ventilator, a 43-percent decrease in ICU admission, and a 47-percent reduction in the risk of death."

All for a baby aspirin a day?

I'll take it!


First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: Suddup and take your aspirin...., posted on October 31, 2020 at 09:12:05
rivervalley817
 huh ... that and vit. D and we should be invincible

I do both, mask in public with an N95, avoid social gatherings and any enclosed spaces containing people, wash my hands like I've got OCD, and for the first time in my life there's been more alcohol poured on my hands than down my gullet! nobody is allowed in la casa` that doesn't live here ... all two of us ... of course we're bored to tears, but ... well, you know

with regards,


 

Quote from one author of the "study" you cited...., posted on October 31, 2020 at 09:40:48
Lew
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 "This is a critical finding that needs to be confirmed through a randomized clinical trial," the study's lead author Dr. Jonathan Chow said in a news release. "If our finding is confirmed, it would make aspirin the first widely available, over-the-counter medication to reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients."

On his first premise, I agree; it needs to be confirmed by a proper study, which this one was not. Also, the blurb and the second sentence from Dr Chow (maybe not the article upon which the blurb is based) leaves the mistaken impression that when one becomes ill with coronavirus, one should run to the pharmacy and buy a bottle of baby aspirin tablets and start taking them. What they actually did is look at hospital records comparing disease outcome in persons who were taking aspirin on a daily basis for some other medical indication to those who were not taking aspirin prior to admission. This is what you call a retrospective study. They tried to age match the two groups (average age 55). As the author allows, this kind of study is fraught with possible errors. For one example, the fact that one group was taking aspirin may indicate that in general that group was receiving better medical treatment(s) for underlying cardiovascular disease, whereas some in the non-aspirin taking group may not have been under medical care for undiagnosed or ignored cardiovascular disease or causative factors like hypertension. Since CVD is a known risk factor for death in severe COVID, that alone might account for the finding. There is much, much more to say about this, but I will stop here. In general, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like aspirin, have been contra-indicated in the treatment of COVID, but that's a situation where the drug is introduced during the course of the illness, not quite like taking baby aspirin daily for months or years in advance (as did the patients in this retrospective study). We do know that the steroid, Dexamethasone, is mildly beneficial in severe COVID, yet steroids are contraindicated in the early phase of disease. There's a lot we stil don't know, but a lot has been learned in the last 6 months. I am not saying that taking baby aspirin every day is bad for COVID, but it remains to be seen whether it could possibly be as beneficial in severe disease as this article implies, and I doubt it. I take one tab every day myself.

 

You missed my write-up of this retrospective 'study' (400 patients)..., posted on October 31, 2020 at 13:21:55
Ivan303
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 on Inmate Central where I posted some of those very quotes as well as a link. RodM 'shitcanned' the whole tread for whatever reason.

Having worked as 'Director of Clinical Affairs' for a dialysis equipment manufacturer many long years ago, I have directed (paid for) prospective and retrospective studies, mostly in support of FDA submissions on equipment, not drugs.

Further, I admit to not having heard of the journal 'Anesthesia and Analgesia', which I also mentioned in the Inmate Central post, but still...

Just a baby aspirin a day. Safer than hydroxychloroquine? I'd guess so.

And don't forget the Pepcid AC (active ingredient, Famotidine). Famotidine was given to 'someone who must remain nameless on these boards' before he was taken to the hospital. Informed sources claim he was not given hydroxychloroquine.

And that two antibody cocktail he was given, also before admission?

Forget that one as well. Seems it only works well BEFORE serious symptoms appear so we'll likely never get it as we won't be allowed into the hospital WITHOUT serious symptoms and certainly won't be getting antibody infusions at home.

https://investor.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/regn-cov2-independent-data-monitoring-committee-recommends/

Same for Lily's single antibody infusion. Seems it only works well early and who gets infusions early? Maybe overweight former Governors?

So take you baby aspirin every day along with vitamin D and zinc and if you feel a bit off, add some Pepcid AC.












First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: Suddup and take your aspirin...., posted on October 31, 2020 at 15:41:13
Steve O
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 Seems as if it won't benefit me much since I haven't been taking it long term prior to now because I have no underlying condition. Think I'll stick to Vit C & D until a vaccine becomes avail.

 

Doesn't seem to be a long term use issue with regards to aspirin..., posted on October 31, 2020 at 20:13:13
Ivan303
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 From the study:(.pdf of the complete paper is free on the web page)

"Aspirin use definition:"
"Aspirin use was defined as administration within 24 hours of hospital admission or in the 7 days prior to hospital admission. This definition was selected based on aspirin's prolonged duration of action as an irreversible platelet inhibitor and because of aspirin's rapid onset within 0-4 hours when chewed or swallowed."


It would appear that long term use is not required for the results they report.

Next up: PEPCID AC!







First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: You missed my write-up of this retrospective 'study' (400 patients)..., posted on November 1, 2020 at 09:25:42
Lew
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 I apologize if you felt insulted by my critique. There is so much garbage on the Internet about this disease that I sometimes cannot help myself. In this particular case, it is obvious that you meant no harm and that you were not trying to spread completely false information. Although I agree that taking a baby aspirin every day is very low risk, I would only point out that there is a "very low risk" of stroke associated with that practice, To the degree that it is not recommended unless one has an underlying clinical condition that is normally treated or ameliorated by taking aspirin every day, such as coronary artery disease or recurring cardiac arrhythmias that predispose to thromboembolic events. That's also why there is a huge market for new drugs that retard clotting without predisposing to stroke, to replace daily aspirin. So it is maybe not a good idea to recommend that everyone should take a daily aspirin tablet Unless or until one does the proper study that would be required to show it is of such a massive benefit in severe COVID.

 

Conceding that the chance of hemorrhagic stroke MIGHT..., posted on November 1, 2020 at 11:09:39
Ivan303
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 increase with a baby aspirin a day, and while deadlier they make up a small percentage (<20%) of all strokes.

Who knows, a baby aspirin might prevent more ischemic stroke than the hemorrhagic stokes in causes.

Did you download the .pdf of the 'study'? It would seem you might even be able to wait until you test positive or have symptoms before taking said baby aspirin.

In fairness, it's the hassle of frequent testing required with Coumadin/Warfarin therapy that's the main driver for better anti-clotting drugs.

Recall a study years ago that suggested aspirin was as effective as Plavix for patients with arrhythmia and/or TIA(forget which).

But the patent has expired on aspirin, so it must be set aside with new (and better?) anti-clotting drugs.




First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: You missed my write-up of this retrospective 'study' (400 patients)..., posted on November 1, 2020 at 16:28:39
tweaker456
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 In the amount of time you have spent off topic Lew you could have listened to a titanium screw.


So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

RE: If "we" did that, then...., posted on November 1, 2020 at 19:13:16
SgreenP@MSN.com
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 Tweeker.....still checking the mail for my 3 Titanium Screws..... If you need my address again, let me know.) Thanks Stan

 

RE: If "we" did that, then...., posted on November 2, 2020 at 08:45:38
tweaker456
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 I sent them out. Let's give it a couple of more days and then I'll send them out again if you didn't get them. Should have them by now or real soon. You can email me direct.


So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

Do you equate parts upgrades with tweaking?, posted on November 2, 2020 at 10:56:45
Lew
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 I think of parts upgrades in a separate category, because you are not adding anything to the basic layout of the piece. To me, a "tweak" is for example where you can get rid of a coupling capacitor entirely in favor of direct coupling, without reducing reliability overall. Or an improvement in grounding compared to the original topology. Regardless, I like all the same parts that you mention in your list.

 

So true..., posted on November 2, 2020 at 10:59:14
Lew
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 Pales in comparison to the months I have spent trying to get my Beveridge direct drive amplifiers (both of them) into reliable working condition. It's all I think about. If there was ever an amplifier design that does NOT like tweaks, that is the one.

 

RE: Do you equate parts upgrades with tweaking?, posted on November 2, 2020 at 11:10:34
Tre'
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 I think of parts upgrades is a tweak. The designer picked the parts he pick (no matter the reason). Upgrading them is "tweaking the design" IMO.

Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"

 

RE: Do you equate parts upgrades with tweaking?, posted on November 2, 2020 at 11:16:47
Dynobot
 I think its semantics for the most part and not really a big deal to call it 'this' or 'that'


But yeah I call anything that changes 'something' from 'this' to 'that' with the goal in mind to get a better 'subjective-something'....a tweak.

I have a recipe for X-food, I like more of Y-taste so I add 'this' or take away 'that'....I just tweaked the recipe...imo. But again its semantics to even go down that road.


 

RE: definition of tweak, posted on November 2, 2020 at 11:58:58
tweaker456
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 INFORMAL
improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it.
"engineers tweak the car's operating systems during the race"


I would say a cap upgrade fits the definition.


So let us stop talkin' falsely now, the hour's getting late --
Robert Allen Zimmerman

 

RE: Where did you get that one?, posted on December 11, 2020 at 07:42:05
RickeyM
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 Any tweaks for masks? I'm just askin'.

 

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