Tweaks Tweaks and more Tweaks

I have referred to various tweaks and enhancements on and off over the past year, and have promised to elaborate. The following few entries will describe some of the classic and famous (or infamous) enhancements and band aids that have made audio history. I will try to maintain an unbiased description of each, I am definitely not the snake oil type. While some of these admittedly invoke sarcasm, others have passed the test of time and have become very commonplace. Speaker spikes, for example have appeared on just about every currently offered high quality floor standing speaker or speaker stand from your favorite hifi salon to Best Buy. Power conditioners are also an accepted enhancement that defines a new(ish) component category, and I won't discuss these here. Anyway, here we go!