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General articles

• A brief discussion of tweaks and what they can (and can't) do for your system
• Playing with room acoustics - Part I
• Playing with room acoustics - Part II - Taming the bottom end

• Why capacitors might sound different and how can we measure them? - Part I
• Crash course on amplifier damping factor and its effect on loudspeakers - Part I

• Repairing a cracked acrylic lid (HOW TO)
• Cleaning record sleeves adn CD/DVD cases (HOW TO)
• Cleaning headshell contacts
• WASP: a method for placing your speakers correctly
• System tweaking: Phase, Polarity & Physical Coupling
• Ground Force Zero Part I: everything you need to know about Earth grounding
• Ground Force Zero Part II: everything you need to know about dedicated mains wiring
• Vibrations on HiFi components and loudspeakers
• Tweeter felt tweak
• Do flourescent displays, LEDs and neon indicators influence sound quality?

• AWG - mm2 - mm tool - Conversion table for cable sizes
• Stethoscope - discover anything!
• RadioShack SPL meter - how to measure sound pressure and frequency response
• Focal Tools - CD test
• Habotest HT107D/E - socket tester & voltmeter
• JBLTools - multi-purpose audio app (SPL meter, box calculator, RTA etc.) (October 2021)
• Prodigy - The Fat of the Land: an incredible CD to burn-in (and break.in) your HiFi
• The Noise Killer ProDamping compound: every tweaker's dream!
• Anti-RFI filters: cleaning the mains
• Tar self-adhesive sheets: ultimate damping
• Blu-Tack and alternatives: damping made easy

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