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I can see why a person would use Vibrapods for the reason you mentioned.
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Absolutely. That was the only one of the bunch that had some validity. 30 years ago, I had an AR turntable, and believe me, I wish I'd had a set of those back then. I could walk across the room and make the arm skid across the record. (and YES, I had the arm and stylus set to the proper weight).
Jack
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Re: tweaking
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I have an older Technics linear tracking turntable. They were the stuff in the 80's. I still like it. I remember buying expensive feet for it then.
It reminds me of the Atari 2600 days.
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Re: tweaking
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I upgraded the capacitors to Jensen paper/oils and the resistors to Mills or Caddocks in my M22 like speakers, damped them with acoustic foam, and enjoy the improved sound quality.
I swapped the drivers in my Axiom made Merak MC6H and MC634 center speakers for Axiom 6.5" aluminum drivers, and as to the latter, swapped the capacitor for a Solen Chatearoux and the resistor for a Mills, damped the cabinet, upgraded the internal wiring on the latter to silver, and enjoy the result.
Upgraded the OPamp in an Ah! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 CDP, upgraded the tubes in the output section and enjoy the result.
Tweaking can be good.
Enjoy the Music. Trust your ears. Laugh at Folks Who Claim to Know it All.
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I agree, If it's a proven upgrade or tweak then thats fine.
On the other hand if someone thinks that cable stands (have you seen these?) will reduce interference or whatever. Then I think it's a waste of money.
The bottom line is that I need data backing up the "latest tweak" to prove that it does what it claims.
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Re: Better sound through tweaking
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The only tweaking I have done is to replace the spikes of my M80's.I did so to make them more stable not for any improvment in sound.
Rick
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Have you see those caps that go over unused RCA jacks?
There supposed to reduce interference. At $50 for a set of 8. Seems like a silver-plated RCA dust cover to me. If it works then that's different.
Crossover upgrades are the best. I actually like doing this.
It makes a huge difference if the original components are low quality.
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