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New Tweak --- Its Fantastic

THE NEW TWEAK

Over the good part of this past year I’ve been beta testing a new tweak, the name of which is "Total Contact." Its a hi-bred graphene contact enhancer that is different from all other contact enhancers that have come and gone for one reason or another. I’m not new to these contact enhancers, having had quite a bit of experience with a product developed by the late Brian Kyle and his "Quick Silver" contact enhancer. The "Total Contact" is different ... a LOT different.

"Total Contact" is graphene based and is not a vibration control. It eliminates micro-arching between two contacts. Micro-arching, much like Micro-vibration smears the sound in our stereo systems. Its the type of distortion that we don’t know is there .... until we eliminate it. There is no break-in as we know it. The sound is improved right off the bat, but what you hear is only a smidgen of what’s to come.

I tested three generations of "TC," each of which was an improvement over the previous incarnation. The final mix was cryogenitically treated and made for a more effective, much smoother application. It comes in a large hypodermic needle type plunger containing 1.5 ml of product and includes a instructional DVD and an application brush.

The application should be applied with a very thin coat to all of your electrical connections .... from your cartridge pins to your power cords. I did my entire system, including the ends of my fuses.

Upon initial application, you will notice an improvement in clarity, correctness of tonal balance and a more overall organic sound. But ... that is just scratching the surface of what this magic paste does. As it cures, the improvements become more apparent. Much more!

There are two real break-through events that happen almost to the day with "Total Contact," one at four weeks and another at eight weeks . At four weeks, you’ll get a real jump in clarity and overall improvement. That’s only a taste though of what’s to come at eight weeks. At eight weeks your system’s focus will make a jump in SQ that is so real - its surreal.

After 40 years in the hobby, and a total tweak nut, I have never heard anything that does what this graphene paste does. The see-through clarity at eight weeks becomes simply amazing. The "paste" eventually cures into a kind of polymer plastic and it seems that the sound improves with each listening session. So, its important that you leave your contacts alone for the duration. If you’re the type of person that continually switches wires in and out, you’ll have to re paste until enough time has elapsed to get "the cure."

The only problem I had was with the first batch and that had to do with shorting out a tube pin in the line stage. Use the "TC" very sparingly on tube pins, if at all. I only had problems with the line stage tube pins. The Amp, CD Player and Phono Stage has had no tube pin problems at all.

Tim Mrock, one of our fellow A’goners, is the developer of the product. Its taken Tim 15 years and several patents to get it right. Tim has "pasted" every electrical contact he can find in his audio system, all of the switches in his circuit breaker box, every contact in his car ... and has used it in commercial applications such as hospital circuit breakers, surgical lights ... and other places where efficiency and long life of electrical components are deemed important.

This product is highly recommended to anyone who truly wants to get the most out of his/her audio systems. There’s enough product in each tube to do at least two audio systems as it just takes a very thin coat on each application to be effective. The last tube was enough to do my system twice and then a friend’s system this past weekend.


Frank

PS: There were a couple of other A’goner beta testers of this product as well. Hopefully, they will chime in here with their experiences for comparison. I "pasted" both of Steve Fleschler’s systems a few days ago, perhaps he will comment on his results too. We forgot to paste Steve’s power cords though, so there’s a lot more to be had from Steve’s two fantastic systems.

Frank
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cleeds
Now that the name-calling and veiled insults on this thread have been halted by the moderators, I’ll weigh in on this tweak.

>>>>Not to mention the unveiled insults. 😀

cleeds
First, the notion that the absence of a money-back guarantee on this product should arouse suspicion is just a red herring. Many things are sold without a money back guarantee. If you want to buy a house, a new car or a phono cartridge, you’ll have to conduct your due diligence, and then be willing to assume some element of risk. (Although, in the heyday of the LP era, my audio dealer did offer money-back on phono cartridges. But those days are long gone, I think.)

>>>>Most audiophile products actually DO have a money back guarantee. But I’m not sure this product won’t. Did someone confirm that? In any case, I think it would be a good idea, as Brian with Quicksilver Gold fame, to offer an even smaller amount for half the price.

cleeds
This not a tweak I’m inclined to try. It’s not the cost, which is less than a set of tubes for my tube amplifier. It’s that I prefer connections to be clean and tight and - obviously - this goop would violate that. And if I tried it and didn’t like the result - then what? How do I get the goop off of those connections?

>>>>But think of how good your tubes would sound after treating the tube pins. I’m not hot doggin ya. 🌭 All of the similar silver or silver and gold products, as does this one, improve the connection contact. Apparently, if you need to remove it, it’s easily removed. Chill.

cleeds
Does this goop work? I have no idea but I wouldn’t dismiss it without some first-hand experience. There are some who believe that their knowledge of physics or electronics, or who put faith in what they read in magazines or online forums, allow them to divine the sound of something without listening. I claim no such clairvoyant power.

>>>>>Audiophile Contact Enhancers have been around like forever and have been well received. I’m sure Google is your friend for anyone interested in reviews on-line of Silclear, Quicksilver Gold, whatever. So, we know the basic idea is sound. Chill. ❄️
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@geoffkait

Your last post seems to try to dredge up the past.

"it's easily removed" .  Not Silclear!, IME!

Frank said the reviews or the manufacturer would way in in a couple of weeks. Let's wait for it.
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I read here on this thread that the new product is easy to remove. I’m not talking about other products, although I have had Silclear and Quicksilver and Quicksilver Gold, which your humble scribe found easy to remove, well, not terrible anyway. I may not have tried to remove Quicksilver Gold, you know, back when I had actual electrical connections, I would have left it in place. Looks like nice shiny silver, like silver plate. The trick is not to apply too much or go too far down a tube pin or down the male pin of an RCA plug, you know, since it’s highly conductive.
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I am responding to a couple of questions or concerns and answering with my own observations.

At a friend's home this past week before we boxed up his Dahlquist DQ 20s for shipment to resell, we listened to these speakers one last time. I took the Total Contact to his place for him to audition. Because many have asked about treating exotic fuses and myself using magnets I thought it be nice to treat his stock fuses. They are  a 3amp on the bass and a .75 amp on the mid and tweet. This took maybe 10 minutes to do at the most . Treated the inside of the removable fuse caps for both values in both speakers as well as the end caps of all the fuses. The volume had been on mute as was the same cd selection used. Return to play at the same volume showed a noticeable change in sound from the midbass and down to the lowest notes that could be played from these speakers into this room space.  Much better definition in that area of frequencies. My friend and I had upgraded these speakers several years ago and listened too in 4 different homes. My total exposure of time to this last hurrah was limited but left my friend and I saying yep..quick and noticeable improvement.

My second observation is that with my use of Total Contact is that a little can go a long way. I have treated most everything including some bulbs..I have probably 80% of the original container left to use. I want to go deeper into my system and remove the lids and covers and reach for basic circuit connections.. Many of you may not want to go that far so maybe there could be a group buy among friends to treat a couple or several complete systems ..all of their exterior connections. Among my audio friends one container would enhance 4 or 5 singled wired or bi  wired stereo systems.  As a group purchase the investment in the product may be cut by 2/3's or even more depending on the system complexity and how many friends shared. I remember when record cleaners first arrived some were sold as a group buy to friends in an area to use the cleaner amongst themselves.  As I said at the beginning a little can go a long way. Tom
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"in which your humble scribe"

 Is this meant as a slight or a off-brand reference to any past issues, or a way to inspire others to react???

If I'm out of line, it could had not been a question if you had inserted "the OP" instead of "your humble scribe".

"and that's all I got to say about thayt" ..... (Forrest Gump)
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