When i am not satisfied with the sound i change the music program.If this doesn't help,a shot of Southern Comfort on the rocks makes things sound nicer!
Of course this works best with classical and operas...
For listening to rock and pop...usually beer does the trick better!
Yes the SC especially works wonders when you have a headache from listening to the tweak
I've been wanting to say something about tweaks for a bit but today's instance is just another example of what I was going to point out.
I think the less tweaks, the better. Too many tweaks is asking for trouble eg. the better one's system, the less tuning it should need. Or-there are inherent compromises in lower priced equipment, say the construction of the power supply, that is compensated for by the AC cord or PLC. In many cases, I think one is just trading one coloration for another that happens to match that component. But jumping onto that tweaks bandwagon without having some sort of trial is asking for trouble.
The latest incident goes for AC cords. Now I know some out there use PLC, etc on their equipment but I've yet to hear one that didn't color the sound to some extent, choke the sound, compress the soundstage, roll off the upper octaves, etc. for a variety of reasons! The same goes for AC cords-and the experience with my new amp just goes to illustrate my point. I had been using PC #1 and it worked well with my previous amp. When I installed my new amps, I just kept the same cord and connected it to the electronics. I was listening quite a bit last night and the sound was just rolled off, compressed and sluggish. Yes, it got better after a couple of hours but I wasn't happy. So today did some more listening and I was still hearing the same colorations; so I unhooked my previous fave PC and inserted the cj stock PC. Low and behold, the dynamics, extension, solidity, etc came back. So whether the PC was choking off the bigger amp, etc., the lesson to be learned is never to assume anything.
And I think the same goes for most vibration isolation products. The question is at what frequencies does the product absorb, which do they transmit and which do they reradiate? This in the end will be component specific and unless one can design a product specifically for that piece of equipment, one is asking for trouble.