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Tell us the most obscure tweak you know of that works:

Posted by Smelly_Socks on October 6, 2016 at 16:14:56

Me first:
Back years and years ago, a fella quoted in Stereophile, lived in ? Belgium.. Wrote about adding antistatic foam to digital devices to improve the sound.
The idea was to stop all the nasty IRF generated INSIDE the box by sucking it up with the conductive foam.

I did this tweak to my DAC.. Years ago. and still use that DAC.
Naturally the conductive foam has to be insulated from the circuit board etc inside the case. I used baggies, and ran a wire to each from the foam to the chassis body. I tried buying a many times more expensive DAC. But my old stuffed DAC was just as good. So I returned the new $$$ DAC.
Even with piles of $5,000 stuff in my system. I use and am happy with my old DAC. Also, the whole thing has never overheated.. Not even warmer than before.

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The second tweak also came from the pages of Stereophile. A guy was experimenting with alternate Hz on the AC line. Apparently the 60Hz is just what happens to be used. And no reason to avoid using alternate Hz (except for turntable motors).
In fact higher Hz for the AC power is actually BETTER in many ways. (More max V) less ripple.. etc.
So I thought WTF ("where" the F*) can I FIND a device to make this?
The solution was an old PS Audio P600, but ONLY one with the optional Hz adjustment circuit board added!
Well I found and bought one used off Audiogon. (It had to be karma, since the seller was within 90 miles so I could pick it up meeting halfway.)

So I use the PS Audio regenerator at 110Hz instead of 60Hz just for my digital components. (Since a regenerator uses a lot of power, I only want to use it on as few as possible.. Thus the digital only allow the PS Audio to idle away with an easy life.. And since it is irreplaceable..)

I do not know why no one offers such a device at all anymore? Is it just a too obscure tweak???

The one downside I found was one component (Behringer DEQ2496) which did not get better. I think because it has a digital (class d like) power supply. And the higher frequency AC just does not play well. Not breaking it. just not being better, in fact slightly worse sounding.

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Those are my two totally obscure tweaks..

You got any everyone seems to have forgotten?

Edits: 10/06/16

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