Dielectric grease on connection ends

@erik_squires - Easy to do!   Here's a correction for my post: That last link was SUPPOSED to be this one(brain-fart): (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_gap)   Happy listening(and New year)

 
jetter
I was assuming (please don't give the overused definition of assume) that if a component has power that it would be full power, all or nothing if you will. I never thought that cleaning the outlets and pc prongs could make a sonic difference.

dirty contacts produce micro-arcing. What is is form of noise. Since noise on any circuits in the house can migrate to the audio circuits, best to clean all contacts IMHO.

jetter
Does somone use a cleaner on them, or just unplug and then re-plug in the power cord a couple of times and the abrasion cleans the prongs?

clean prongs of all plugs including fridge, tv, computer, etc.

Clean connections thoroughly with deoxit then apply stabilant 22-good stuff!

Crazyeddy

Just go to Partsconnexions website in Ontario, Canada. They have a large range of DeOxit and a ton of other goodies.

Cheers DM

FWIW:

I tried the Sil-Clear in the past. Like others reported, it's messy at the very least.

I bought a very nice amplifier used on-line years ago. When I listened to it, it was unimpressive. I took the cover off and went in to clean connections. The upgraded fuses had a slight coating of this crap. I cleaned everything and the sound opened up. I called the previous owner to remark about it, he said, "I liked the sound that way".