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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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rotaryphone
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Just thinking....If I paste all the pins of power tubes, would heat from tube and power amp itself will make paste runny or would it maintain It’s consistency and still cure in time? Who has done power tube pins?

How about a pin on the interconnects? Why not do the positive (pin) side of the RCA? 
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oregonpapa OP
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^^^ rotaryphone ...

I pasted my tube pins a couple of times during the beta testing. I had a problem with the first tube of TC because it was prior to the cryogenic treatment that allowed for a smoother product. The first tube of TC had little specks of graphene in it, and evidently one those specks caused a short across the tube. No damage to the equipment though.

After pasting the tube pins with the last version of TC (the same as you have), I’ve had no problems at all with the tubes. I’d recommend that you paste the tube pins only about half way up, then let your installation push the TC further up the tube pins.

This is an amazing product that has transformed my audio system.  Tonight, I'm going to paste a few things in the analog system. I got to thinking (always a dangerous endeavor) what would happen if I pasted my tonearm wiring and a little bit of the phono cartridge. Hmmm ... stay tuned. :-)

Frank
tommylion
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The thing that is standing out to me in my system now is how “relaxed” it is, even when the music is driving and propulsive. The music is all right there, I don't have to strain to hear it. I see this quality most often associated with analog, but I am listening to CDs exclusively.
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oregonpapa OP
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^^^ I used to listen to CD’s mostly for convenience. My preference was the LP for serious listening. Then, along came SR’s fuse upgrades beginning with their RED fuse and progressing through the BLUE fuse. It was at that point where I started taking digital seriously. I couldn’t believe that CD’s could sound that good. Then along comes Tim Mrock’s TC. Well, that product opened an entirely new experience from the CD system. Holy Cow! .... As you said Tommylion, all of the music is there. The accurate tonality is still there. The digital artifacts seem to be gone ... and it is VERY analog like and totally addicting.

I’ve been getting into early music through the Harmonia Mundi recordings in the collection. They sounded good before all of these tweaks began, but now that I can hear into the music, they have become very interesting. The precision of the musicians is superb. The vocalists are amazing. The tweaks, especially the TC, has gotten me so much closer to the music. Totally delightful.

I’m loving my magic music machine.

Frank
rotaryphone
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Received TC yesterday and spent almost 4 hours pasting 10 power cables, 5 pairs ICs, 1 digital coaxial cable and 1 umbilecord power cord. And 8 small tubes and 16 el34 powé tube pins. I didn’t wanted to do some and wait for weeks, so I did them all at once.

I’m writing down few notes here for myself and for boys and gals here who has interest in TC. And see if that 4th and 8th wèek magic will happen for me or not.

My stuff.

Tyler Acoustics D2 Speakers
VPI Classic 1 turntable with Lyra Delos
Zesto Andros 1.2 ( 4 12ax7 tubes treated )
Bluesound Node2
Sony XA5400es
Bryston BDA 3
Magnum Dynalab FT 101 tuner
Custom 2 chassisTube Pre Amp ( 1 12ax7, 4 6922 in main box ) ( 2 6v6, 1 5ar4 in power supply box ). Tubes are NOT treated.
Custom Tube Mono. ( 1 12ax7, 1 12bh7 and 8 EL34 in each channel ) All tubes are treated.

Clear Day double shotgun speaker cable ( treated each end of bananas )
DIY solid core silver ICs made by friend. Replaced Morrow 3 IC ( I paste 1/8 of tip of the pin )
Signal Power Cables ( treated )
All tubes are vintage tubes

All of the outside of the female RCA Jack was treated.

I will write down what’s going on with my system’s SQ as time goes on.

Day 1 ( March 21).. Done pasting. Turn my stuffs on. Nothing shorted out. For first half and hour...It sounded little nasaly and congested but it started to open up nicely after 30 minutes. I listened for 2 more hours but in between nodding off and yawning, I can’t comment on SQ. Time for bed.

Day 2 4 more hours of listening today. SQ was just a bit different. Not better nor worst. High is just bit more noticeable but mid (mostly voice) is slightly recessed. But I was impressed with the bass. There is definitely more bass and goes deeper than before. Again it doesn’t mean It’s better but different. You might think it’s better. YMMV. Soundstage hasn’t got bigger or smaller but has a slightly more airy feel to it. Nothing too dramatic.

That’s for now. I will report back in few days or if there is a big change in SQ.... good or bad.

Just to let you know, I ’m just average hard working blue collar worker. Not a smarty pants, so Don’t expect audiophile terms to describe SQ. Lol. I will just say like I would to my wife. I Don’t BS and will tell you like I hear it.



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