Good day! This is Tim Mrock developer of the new Total Contact.
I have spent most of my spare time the last 15 or so years playing with contact enhancement. Early on after trying several, I tried Quicksilver Gold, top of the class for sure, actually cutting edge. The real genius in Brian's product was the binder. He was taken back with what I was enhancing.
I had nothing to do with his product development! I was the art guy,
or creative applications. I also became the money guy as well for the patent pursuit. Took MY SWEAT EQUITY out of my home to go for the patents.
The problem with Quicksilver was to much binder and the fact you had to mix it. It does not take a rocket scientist to realize with that set up, that it is impossible to control the quality of the product. I never experienced degradation with it, but I poured most of the binder out
before mixing.
I have very intimate knowledge with all available contact enhancers.
Could go on and on, however that is not what this thread is about.
Total Contact is a engineered product. If you think it is as simple as
A+B+C, and a little Cryo, and bingo, it is not, and by a long shot.
I also saw it put out there that TC cost nothing to make, oh really?
You are welcome to contact me, come over and show me how its done!
I cant wait!
I have loved Audio and Music since I was little kid, I hate snake oil
as much as anyone. Tweaks they have to make big improvements
for me or well, a no go.
I also see TC is being called goo, actually the correct terminology would
be Cold Plating Compound. Goo would migrate, TC does not. I also suspect goo would not clean up or remove easily, again not the case with TC.
What happens after it has fully polymerized, and you want to remove it?
Alcohol will easily break it down for removal.
If a connection is broke after it has polymerized if the connection is put back together exactly the same ,like a XLR or power plug it will self repair, at least once, I have not tried multiple times.
As far as the amount vs price, all I can say is less is more with this product it just goes on and on, like the testers have said. More than enough to do a really big system.
If TC is anything less than what has been claimed sonic-ally, It will be done within a month or less after the first tubes are sent out,that's a fact.
The only drawback with this new product is shelf life, 6 months for sure.
Longer not sure. If the product is well received I will invest in a special mixer that will air-rate the compound that will dramatically increase shelf life.
I will before product launch load our system in virtual systems just to
show we do have real skin in the game. I will also make the room available by appointment to anyone who would like to hear what music sounds like without micro arcing all the way to the electric meter, over 1000 connections in our case. We live 25 minutes to Manchester International Airport. Its worth the trip!
I honestly cannot be anymore transparent, or genuine then what I have posted.
The launch of TC will be exclusively through Audiogon & their Express
checkout. The 9th is in 3 days not going to happen, confident I can make it by the 15th or close to it.
As a member of this community meeting the expectations of fellow
audio, music lovers is more important to me than anything else!
I would like to thank everyone for their interest!