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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Application to XLR and other strange connectors.

If anyone has XLR termination on their interconnects or serial terminationated unbiblicals, I suggest you get in touch with Tim for specific instructions. He was very helpful and specific about the process. This one of the reasons it has taken so long to complete my system. It is slow and tedious but well worth it.

I hope this helps that has these “issues”

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Tim, 

I just completed my office system power chord connections. I was not expecting a whole lot since my office system is not as resolving as my main system but it made a significant step up in clarity, PRAT, dynamics, soundstage etc.... It sounds way better than it should. The power strip is a ten year old Office Depot $20.00 special! That’s my next upgrade.

I will let you know when I complete the main system. That should be interesting.

Thanks for for a great product! 
fleschler:

In my Marantz Sa11-2 SACD player there are 7 fuses, all have been upgraded to the  Synergistic Research Blue. The addition of Total Contact to both ends of each fuse gave a sense of increased soundstage but at the cost of the music having a sense of excitement. There was a feeling of loss of emotion. This returned as soon as I removed the Total Contact from the fuses.

Removal of the product was easy to do with a paper towel and alcohol.
so this was an educational and easy experiment to do. The ease of application  and removal makes it rewarding to try it on many types of connections.

David Pritchard
This was an extremely painful thread to read.  It was like listening to the Democrats and Republicans in Congress.  I have an open mind as I did when I purchased various fuses.  I really think upgraded fuses helped my high end system just like upgrading my power cords.  If you are a naysayer and an audiophile, I have to believe $300 is not going to break the bank.  If it will you are probably not an audiophile and tweaks in sound improvement shouldn't even be discussed.  I have wasted $300 on many things in life.  If I can improve my system for $300 then i will give it a try.  If it doesn't improve, I just move on to something else.  Currently, I have been testing various power tubes for my Raven Amp.  It is fun to hear the subtle differences amongst the different tubes.  

Based on what I read, I will apple the substance to all component fuses and speaker connectors and the male end of the power cables.  I assume I do not have to take them apart.  If I do then this is not for me.  I am hesitant about applying to the tubes in my amp.  It is already hard to take the tubes in and out and I don't want grease anywhere near my amp.  I am not sure where you would apply the solution to the actual wall socket which is already an upgrade.  In my theater room, I have an Laser Epson 10000 projector.  Are you saying that it will improve the picture quality of the projector if I apply to the power connector?   Based on what Frank said, I can brush the solution on and not have to wait until it dries or cures before plugging back in or connecting.  Am I missing anything?