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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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oregonpapa OP
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nkonor sez:

"Magic Fuses and Acoustic Spit will not turn midfi into High End."


You must be a real joy to be  married to. 

Has it ever occurred to you that turning a "midfi" system into a system that provides real musical enjoyment is a viable part of this hobby? Damn! Talk about condescending! 

Frank  
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geoffkait
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There is no absolute sound. High end sound cannot be defined. One high end system can sound remarkably different from another high end system. In fact one high end system can sound excellent whereas another high end system can sound atrocious. There is more to high end sound than connecting a bunch of expensive components and cables together.

This is the Hierarchy of Sound. You tweak one system, it might sound better than a more expensive system that hasn’t been tweaked. It’s not guaranteed but it might. And the more expensive (better) system itself can be improved by tweaking. It is very possible for a tweaked Mid Fi system to sound better than a high end system. That’s the Hierarchy of Sound. There is no glass ceiling. There are no real boundaries. It’s not Black and White. 🦓
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Most of us started out in this hobby with a modest system. Mine was a Nikko receiver, a Yamaha turntable, and a pair of small Sonab speakers. I didn't know about different wires at the time. In fact, I can't remember anyone talking about it ... so, it was just stock Radio Shack wire for me. 

A few years later I moved on to a Yamaha integrated amp, a Yamaha tuner and a Tandberg 310 Cassette player. And then it happened ... I discovered tubes.  

I bought a pair of Dynaco MKIII amps and a Pas-3 preamp and was hooked on tubes. I eventually had the Pas-3 modified and switched to a Dyna 120 modified by Frank Van Alstine. That was a  killer solid state amp that I wish I had never sold. 

After a few years of messing with the Dynaco stuff, I finally went all out and bought an ARC SP-14 and an ARC Classic 60. Its been history ever since. 

Through all of time spent with various components, the music always came first. Tweaking my system hasn't always been successful. I've found over the years that one can take certain tweaks too far ... Mu metal comes to mind.

For someone to be demeaning to the point of describing a fine product as "acoustic spit," is in my mind over the top, and to put another member down for not having the ultimate in expensive equipment, and dictating how that other member's money should be spend in such a demeaning way is just plain rude. He needed to be called out.

Frank
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@nkonor I see we share ownership in "the good stuff"-- Pass XA-160.8  & Kuzma 4PT.  I dare you to take the top off those monoblocks and paint TC on the pins of the three easily accessible pin block connectors from the input stage and power boards. Then coat your cartridge pins. Then shut up and listen.
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