Attempting to get 'sound' cheaply, while definately doable, will take a hit on performance.
That's the way I look at it too. For me, time is money and I don't have much time for tweaking my tuner and modifiying components. I happily pay someone else to do it right.
But some guys have lots of time. Someday I hope to have lots of time for putsing around.
I almost cut my hair, it happened just the other day.
It was gettin' kinda long, I could've said it was in my way.
But I didn't and I wonder why, I feel like letting my freak flag fly