What is preferred/best contact cleaner these days?


I have been using Caig Industries DeOxit contact cleaners for many years now.  I am tremendously happy with the results after reapplying every 6 months or so.  I am shocked at how much better my audio equipment sounds.  The equipment really comes alive and becomes very exciting to listen to.  

Several days ago, though I stumbled across a discussion in this forum about a  contact cleaner than never needs to be reapplied and is evidently just short of miraculous, Total Contact - Perfect Path, in how it improves the sound.  I went to purchase some and was very dismayed to learn it is no longer sold.  Then I read about another one, Walker Audio Extreme SST that sounded good, but it is no longer being sold either.

Is there a general group consensus on the best contact cleaner available at this time?   Preferably one that only needs applied once.  :). Thanks.  Chris

cozlen

Stabilant22 applied to any analog contact results in brightness which does not disappear with burn in. And yes, it was diluted as suggested. And yes, I used very little. 

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My audio friends and I have used the Q45T for the past several years. Yes, it is expensive, but it is the finest sounding of all the contact enhancers including Total Contact, Quicksilver Gold, that we have tried. Apply once and probably the only time you’d ever need to apply it again would be on AC plugs that you occasionally disconnect from the wall outlets prior to a storm. I’ve disconnected my 4 plugs from wall outlets about 15-20 times over the course of using the Q45T and still haven’t felt the need to reapply. The stuff stays on well and remains slightly moist so no drying out. The sound just keeps getting better the longer it’s on for up to 4-6 months. You can argue with my opinion, but who cares. Try to find a better spent $345 for the gain in SQ in other ways. If your system is not seriously extensive, you can share a bottle with 2 and maybe 3 friends and hit ALL the contacts.

Bob

 

Given the amount of contacts & connections I'm getting to dote over, think I'll opt for alcohol and a flock of DetoxITs'...

Used Cramolin when it first appeared....long ago, and far away....and the things were a bit less in numbers...

Way overdue...