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As Robert Lang notes below...

Posted by Jim Treanor (A) on October 24, 2005 at 17:34:50

In Reply to: What is the best low cost tweak for your whole SACD system? posted by AAA on October 24, 2005 at 03:53:55:

paying attention to the simplest of fundamentals--speaker placement, seating composition and location, and removing obstructions from the output path--will probably get you the most initial bang for the buck...and you might not even have to spend a single one.

(Note that he has a multi-channel system with a center speaker I presume is in or approximates the ITU configuration, i.e., centered _behind_ the plane of the front left and right speakers. In my two-channel system, I "violate" the obstruction principle to the extent that I have a diffusor/absorption array spotted about 20" behind the midpoint of the front speaker plane to solidify the "phantom center". But if I move the forward element of that array _into_ the speaker plane, the soundstage flattens appreciably fore-and-aft, and induces some imaging quirks into the presentation--which reinforces his point about keeping that speaker plane midpoint clear.)

There are a number of player chassis isolation devices available from online vendors--various-formulation pucks, cones, roller-bearing isolators--that may give you better audible performance and don't cost an arm and a leg (e.g., although I use a more expensive model now, I found Daruma Final Labs roller bearing isolators at around $99 a set to work quite well).

You might consider listing your system to give knowledgable inmates a shot at recommending bang-for-the-buck tweaks tailored to your needs.

--Jim

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