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davedutill Seasoned Member Time becomes meaningless in the face of creativity Posts: 247	What is your fav tweak/mod? 06/09/09 at 02:32:11 Just curious as to what tweaks/mods zeners have done to their systems and how it affected the sound quality.
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Re: What is your fav tweak/mod?
Reply #1 - 06/09/09 at 14:27:06

I guess we have to define a "tweak." I've done no mods myself, I'm just not schooled in the techniques of soldering etc.

If Mapleshade's Samson Rack, maple platforms and cork/rubber supports and Tube Anchors are "tweaks" they are permanent, very effective parts of my systems. As are Herbie Audio Lab's Isocups and isolating speaker cones and Haloes.

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davedutill Seasoned Member Time becomes meaningless in the face of creativity Posts: 247	Re: What is your fav tweak/mod? Reply #2 - 06/09/09 at 14:56:44 Howdee Lon I am also a user of the tube dampers from herbies. Great stuff!! And a tweak that really works. Dave
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Re: What is your fav tweak/mod?
Reply #3 - 06/09/09 at 15:12:50

Yes Dave, they do! He has a lot of different varieties now, but the original ones I bought years ago work just fine.

So do his Isocups. I used to Mapleshade Triplepoints and those are great but the Isocups seem to just have a "less crisp" warmer presentation. And any time I think "Ah I don't need those" and take them out. . . they're back in in a day.

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Re: What is your fav tweak/mod?
Reply #4 - 06/11/09 at 05:06:59

I have Herbie on speed dial.

I use Herbie's tube dampers, iso cups, tender feet, little glider feet under ERR radials was the biggest bang for my buck yet, herbie's grunge buster turntable mat was not something I had to have, some other Herbies little dot stuff under turntable motor and herbie stanless steel plates under turntable spikes.

I also like the mapleshade maple isolation platforms, mine are the 2" and I finished them myself to match my hardwood floors. They sit on mapleshade iso blocks.

A good thing to do is make sure your wires are run where signal and power lines don't run parallel with each other. I was very careful routing my signal wires. I also use a hospital grade isolation transformer with surge protector power strips by Panamax.

I have quite a bit of room treatment so much I had to remove some to improve my sound. Most of the stuff I have left is made from Dow Corning rigid fiberglass covered in fire retardant open weave cloth.

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davedutill Seasoned Member Time becomes meaningless in the face of creativity Posts: 247	Re: What is your fav tweak/mod? Reply #5 - 06/11/09 at 16:13:14 THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING!! Going to have the christmas comes early mod done on my Zen select. I will give a full report when the amp is back in the system.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23564	Re: What is your fav tweak/mod? Reply #6 - 06/11/09 at 17:23:54 You should be quite happy!
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