I find SRS to be more a scheduling mechanism, not a memory one. If my memory of something is "bad" before SRS, it's going to be bad after, it's just I can let the algorithm refresh it more often than the thing I CAN remember.
Actual memory "devices" (tricks, schemes, etc.) are orthogonal; SRS (for me) just optimizes my time so I don't have to go over shit I know more often than I need to.
For anyone curious, my 2 go-to books on actually learning how to remember are the ones by Higbee (dry, but thorough) and Lorayne (approachable, but feels less academic). I used SRS to remember those 2 authors w/o having to look them up, FWIW. ;-)
Actual memory "devices" (tricks, schemes, etc.) are orthogonal; SRS (for me) just optimizes my time so I don't have to go over shit I know more often than I need to.
For anyone curious, my 2 go-to books on actually learning how to remember are the ones by Higbee (dry, but thorough) and Lorayne (approachable, but feels less academic). I used SRS to remember those 2 authors w/o having to look them up, FWIW. ;-)