At the time I was only interested in making my Theta, Wadia combo sound better and didn't think about potential problems. There were no symptoms of cable or connector deterioration during the year or so that I owned it. However, that is probably too short a test to be definitive.
As for cleaning, the connector did sound better with the goop on than off, so once we removed it the second round of testing it remained on the connection until sold.
I have since come to the conclusion that hard wire is the way to go. There are so many good digital links now, I would not worry about this old technology.
As for cleaning, the connector did sound better with the goop on than off, so once we removed it the second round of testing it remained on the connection until sold.
I have since come to the conclusion that hard wire is the way to go. There are so many good digital links now, I would not worry about this old technology.