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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To ronrags:

I'm working up the nerve on the tube pins!

Pretty awesome without.

And Oregon: I try not to think too much about the criticism of others, but it's difficult at times.

AR really took care of me on the amp. I had an HD220 that went kaput and they couldn't fix anymore. They gave me full credit for what I'd paid towards the 75SE. They sure didn't have to,  as it was four or five years old. I'll always have their equipment.

I love this hobby. 
Ultimatezap and Oregonpapa,

   Yesterday I applied the TC to only the tube pins in my hybrid modded Bada Purer 3.3 integrated amp and WOW!! I recently purchased an older modded version of my Bada Purer 3.3se. This amp replaced expensive separates so I know that it is an overachiever. When I saw the modded one up for sale I had to try it.  Well to make a long story short after one weeks time I felt the recently acquired one, older modded one, was sweeter but just didn't have the bass or portray the density or weight of the instruments like my present amp and I was disssppointed. After listening one day later after applying the TC to the tube pins, two 6922's, the increase in performance of the amp was startling. Bass is about equally powerful but more refined in comoarison to my old amp but now tonal density and layering of instruments is well beyond my old amp as well as soundstage depth and especially depth. Imaging is also wonderful now. I had good luck putting Quicksilver Gold on the pins of the 12au7 tubes of Bada Purer 3.3se so I new that this could help bridge the bass gap between the two amps. However the extant of the change was pretty shocking! Already psid for itself! Thanks Oregonpapa now I will buy a couple of new SR Blue fuses for my modded amp. This new TC is really easy to apply and has such a nice homogenous consistency to it. I can't wait to apply to some other connections next weekend!
I just spent over $6000 on SR products, 2-10 packs of HFTs, 2 packs of speaker HFT/2.0/X kits, a Blackbox and an Atmosphere XL4. After an agonizing 2 weeks placing the HFTs 90% in the recommended positions and 3 which drove me nuts to find out how to balance the room, I was finally able to add the Blackbox and Atmosphere to the mix and achieve the soundstage, dynamics, tonal warmth and detail that I wanted.

However, prior to adding the SR products, I spent $300 for TC and applied it to nearly all contacts in my main listening room system. The TC brought out detail, bass and soundstage that I lacked in that room but not in my living room. Now that I have incorporated the SR equipment, there is no need to experiment and see what would happen without TC. I’m satisfied with the end result.

My friend who is an audio engineer told me that it was the TC that was messing up my sound. Well, now that I finally got the SR tweaks to work correctly (the Blackbox is 5’ from the front wall, not along the walls as in the instructions and the Atmosphere is behind me on the back wall, not in front of my speakers which does provide the most profound differences but blocks the soundstage in my room), I think he is wrong. The proof is in the pudding.  His system is a small, 8' high room with acoustic tiles with a 2 way mini-monitor speakers with 4" woofers (they go down to 20 Hz but don't slam you with bass) with the same equipment/wiring as mine.  Sure he has a fantastic sounding system but a grand piano doesn't sound as big in his room as in my room.  My speakers are 4 way with 7 drivers and 6-12" woofers.  Really tough to adjust that type of speaker to my larger room

As for the SR tweaks, Dave at Weinhart Design said these tweaks and tuning each individual room is an art, not a science. It takes a great deal of commitment to work on achieving the right balance. I kept experimenting until I got the tweaks to work. My music room has problems which needed solving (slap echo, wide front wall windows mid-wall height, large cathedral ceiling).  

I highly recommend trying the TC. If you are lacking in bass, soundstage and resolution, it appears to cure the ailment.

I also want to give my sincerest thanks to Frank for his introduction to tweaks which enable me reach this high level of audio reproduction.  Spending $7500 in the past two years on SR, TC, Mapleshade products is a lot less expensive than trying to upgrade my speakers. I thought the speakers were holding my system back because they are older engineering at 25+ years.  They were not the problem.  The room and micro-vibrations were the problem, just like I treated the electronics with stillpoints back four years ago.  
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