Mapleshade Tweaks

cmy330go
cmy330go Posts: 2,341
edited November 2005 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
I found this list of recommended tweaks at Mapleshaderecords.com.

A number of the tweaks are common and make perfect sense. However there are some that go entirely against the norm'. Just curious if anyone here has tried any of these, or if anyone has any thoughts on them.

Dave
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  • BrentMcGhee
    BrentMcGhee Posts: 548
    edited November 2005
    HAHA i read these a while ago..... i just laughed at most of them.

    I like how he describes most of them as "it's like removing horse blankets from your speakers" and " it will increase performace by 100%"

    going by his number..... by doing several of those free tweaks, you could improve performance by more than 500%, i shall say hogwash.

    While most of them make logical sense, how much actual improvement is being doen can be extremely debated.

    O well everysingle one of there cd's sound just incredible, i have not found better audioquality on any other label so i will let them be :)

    I think it is time to order a few more cd's from them.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited November 2005
    Their free tweaks are weak, but I do like the ionclast static gun for cds, wires, lps, etc. I have a real problem with static on my turntable after brushing an album off and the ionoclast is awesome for helping with this.

    DG
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    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited November 2005
    BrentMcGhee wrote:
    O well everysingle one of there cd's sound just incredible, i have not found better audioquality on any other label so i will let them be :)

    Glad you mentioned that. I forgot to ask in my post.

    Thanks.

    BTW I too got a pretty good chuckle out of their descriptions.
    HT
    Mits WD-65737, DirecTV, Oppo DV-970HD, XBOX ONE, Yamaha RX-A1030, Parasound Halo A23, Rotel RB-985, Music Hall MMF-7, Parasound PPH-100, LSi-15, LSi-C, LSi-FX, LSi-7, PSW-1000, Monster HTS2600

    2 CH
    Parasound Halo P3, Parasound Halo A21, Sutherland Ph.D, VPI Classic 3 w/ 3D arm & Soundsmith Aida Cartridge, Arcam CD72T, B&W 802 S3, Monster HTS2500,
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited November 2005
    My personal favorites would have to be:

    Never use any speaker wire shorter then 8ft, because 4ft sounds much worse then 8ft.

    Everyone sits to high, sit on phone books and it sounds so much better.

    Everyone has their speakers to high, bring them down to the ground and it sounds so much better.

    So you need to use 8ft+ speaker wire, sit on the floor with your speakers up high, and sit up high with your speakers on the floor. I guess on axis response sounds bad to them.
    The Basement HT
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    cmy,

    Some of those do you make you smile, so I guess their is value in a chuckle. Stating the obvious, but their intent is to sell us something.

    I received a Karma gift from SteveAZ which were their isloation cones, a set of three of them. I put them under my Denon 2900, I did hear better mid-range clarity.

    RT1
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited November 2005
    Their tweaks are pretty cheesy; given the calibre of their stuff you would expect better tweak advice...LOL
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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