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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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grannyring
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I am a mere enthusiast. Look at my posting and review history plus feedback. Easy to see I post on a myriad of different topics and am a long time member. Best way to try the product is to spend $75 with three other people and pass around the paste. Paste a few simple connections. Give it a couple of days and if you like what you hear then go for a full purchase and paste your entire system for even more fantastic results.

In crossovers paste all solder connections and bare point to point wire runs. Yes, cover all those cap and resistor leadouts. Inside speakers paste the leads exiting the voice coil to the tab connectors. Paste the tab connectors and any solder connections. Paste the solder connections at the speaker binding posts. Paste the entire post inside the speaker.

Pasting just one power cord or connection will give you a taste of the SQ improvement. On its own the improvement level is like cap or tube upgrade. However, when you take the time to apply throughout your system, as outlined in many posts, well then the improvement is on the order that makes the skeptics anxious. To get to this level requires a willingness to get inside gear, speakers, outlets etc...Simple to do but does take time.

Enjoy!
lpretiring
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I have been following along on this thread since just about the beginning, and have been in this hobby for about 50 years now.

 In the early days after just purchasing my audiophile membership I would save and spend every penny on the dream. Soon into my addiction the pinnacle of spending for me were a pair of Levinson ML-2's, ML-3, LNC-2 crossover, Magneplanar T-1D's, and soon after Tympani 4's all new except for the LNC-2.

When my career kind of got in the way along with it came a change in philosophy of my pursuit of audio bliss. I would attempt to acquire a system with 90%, or hopefully even a higher percentage of SOTA for 5% of the cash outlay. At least that was the goal.

Fast forwarding to this point I have not heard TC in my system or any where. My opinion is that it would be at the minimum a good addition to almost any music system, as well as other applications. I would like to buy some.

The OP in a recent post commented that TC is very inexpensive. That would seem to me to be from the viewpoint exclusively of perceived performance vs dollars spent.

In evaluating this product from my viewpoint I see a marketing approach with nearly zero cost outlay, and raw materials near an absolute minimum. $299 for this package falls sadly into the all too familiar category of far overpriced audio product.

In my one previous post on this thread I suggested a smaller quantity at a more affordable price, as a possible simple solution to reboot the marketing approach. Of course bringing the TC to the end consumer cost would be close to the exact same amount, but then in my mind all would be well.

There is a company that specializes in isolation accessories that I've purchased from I believe 12 times now. Products work as advertised and at prices that fit into my 90%-5% mindset. Maybe they're working with graphene right about now.


  LP
 
wolf_garcia
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Regarding Mister Fleshler..."Jetter-to answer why Wolf is a troll, he has personally attacked me in this forum, denigrating my name, my heritage and I think my religion." I "think" my religion? I get that many around here are wound pretty tight, but accusing me of denigrating your religion or heritage is ridiculous, as I know of no religion you adhere to except the religion of "follower of expensive left field tweaks." You also have mentioned a few times that you consider yourself to be wealthy, which makes me think, who says that? More than once...man...in any case my picking on your name was simply because you came out of nowhere to join the infomercial that is this thread and I thought your name was sort of funny...I now know you’re not funny in any way. Sorry to have rumpled your feathers, and please continue to personally attack me as a troll or whatever you feel you need to do as hey, perhaps it’s therapeutic for you as it often is for the intensely insecure among us.
wolf_garcia
6,691 posts
 
On another note, I might take a break from this infomercial as my posts seem to allow the rabid and often unhinged TC hyperbole infused fanboys and sales force more opportunities to rant the promotional manifesto. I think TC will be ignored by the marketplace and will settle into oblivion with the vast wasteland of other unnecessary audio tweaks...and besides, I think Tim owes me 500 bucks.
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grannyring
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I understand the cost concern. I really depends on how you view it. $300 for a tiny vile of paste seems extreme. I get that. However, that container goes a long, long way. You can paste several systems and still have some left. My experience with a digital front end is the SQ improvement is greater than any number of much more expensive cables, cords, tweaks, footers etc.... In this light the paste is really a killer bargain. I am speaking in terms of $’s to SQ improvement. I know of nothing in audio that adds up to a better value or $’s to SQ improvement.

The only real negative, which I have not seen mentioned, is the fact that you are covering up your gear with paste. Some may just not be comfortable with that notion for resale or warranty work. Perhaps other reasons. I get that.
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