Hi, B Limo.

I have added more pictures of the various tweaks that I use in my system. My over all take is that every tweak should add not subtract from another tweak.

That is why you have to be careful with what you put in your listening room. Not every tweak is for everyone.

I have been tweaking my system for years. It has been painstaking, sometimes we are talking about as little as a 1/4 inch of placement left or right is the difference between Gold and Fools Gold in sound.

The wind chimes were no different. Getting the right height from the ceiling and the right spot to hange them was a long process. I have had the wind chimes in my system for over 3 years. They are used to move the air around in my listening room. There is a lot more energy in my system with the wind chimes in my system.

Every listening room is different, but if you want to use the wind chimes. I would start with 4 wind chimes, two in the front and two in the back corners of your room. It is going to be trail and error. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PAD AND PENCEIL TO WRITE DOWN YOUR MEASUREMENTS. Have music that you know to use as a test . A good test CD of vocal, bass, drum, and piano is very important to dailing in your sound as you tweak

jejaudio November 04, 2012 15:53

System edited: I replaced the bottom Maple platform on both speakers with a Black Solid Epoxy Resin slab instead. The lower noise floor makes everything better. Bass is even deeper. Vocals are fuller. There was an etched to the sound that is gone. The picture with all Maple boards under the speakers is the old set-up. The two pictures with the black base under the one Maple board is the current set-up. I also added pictures of my D.I.Y sound enhancment tweaks I call Sound Shades. I could not think of any other name at the time. But they do work at enlarging the sound stage and adding to greater music flow. I have used these in my system for over a year. I use them in corners and in between my speakers with great results. I am also showing pictures of some of my metal and wood Wind Chimes. The wood Wind Chimes work best in the back corners. They sound good with or without the Sound Shade. But they sound even better with them. The same goes for the metal Wind Chimes that I use in the front of my listening room. The wood and metal Wind Chimes work great with the foam I use on the walls and ceiling in my listening room. It took me weeks just to get the right height of the Wind Chimes in my listening room. A inch higher or lower would change the sound drastically. The same with the foam.

jejaudio November 03, 2012 14:13

I love all the tweaks you've done! If only I understood any of them maybe I could apply them. Maybe you could go into further explanation on the windchimes and magnets for those of us who aren't geniuses. Why do they help and where should I start? Thanks :-)

b_limo October 20, 2012 04:19

Hi Jedinite24

I removed all the thermal grease for the Heat Pipes( a better name for most of the Aluminum, Aluminum/Copper pieces is Heat Sinks not Heat Pipes).

My theory is the Heat Pipes act as passive sound and vibration control devices. The Copper/Aluminium base is cleaned off and placed with the base-plate on top off the digital gear.

I have 4 CD player in my system. I place a Heat Pipes in the middle of the unit on all 4 CD players. Are they cooling the unit, I doubt it. But they do help, not hurt in sound quality. I place them near the the CD player's power supply.

So the Heat pipes help stop vibrations when placed on digital equipment. On amps and preamp the Heat Pipes sound best reversed, with the base-plate on top and not touching the gear. This is consistent no mater what amp or preamp I tried . BTW I remove all thermal grease with Denatured Alcohol.

I remove and clean the CPU chips and use them as sound reinforcement tweaks. Yes I use the CPU chip. The same for the all Aluminium pieces that you see in my system picture.

Jedinite, this is all trail and error in getting your system
dialed in.

The Heat Pipes are helping my system stay quiet, and move stagnant air around in my listening room. Combined this with all the rest of my tweaks a sound reinforcements you have the makings of a good listening room. Let the music play.

jejaudio September 26, 2012 01:38

Hi Jejaudio

Your system has a lot of tweaks that I find very cool. One thing that is causing me to scratch my head are the heat pipes you have in your system. A lot of them look like larger CPU coolers from PCs. The coolers you see enthusiasts use for when the overclock their PCs.

From the pics you are putting them on top of your components.

My questions

1) Are these coolers/heat pipes helping in cooling the of the interior of the equipment? If so how are you doing it? Do you have the coolers somehow attached to a specific part of each piece of gear? Normally when I see CPU coolers they are attached to the chip with thermal grease in between.

2) Are the coolers secured to your components or are just resting on them? Are you ever concerned about vibrations with these items being on top of your equipment?

3) Where are the heat pipes and coolers placed exactly? Just on top of the power transformers? How did you find out where to put them? Was it just trial and error?

4) How do you think these heat pipes are helping out with your system?

Thanks for sharing your system and keep on tweaking.

jedinite24 September 24, 2012 18:55