Impact of Walker Audio Extreme SST

I once bought a power conditioner on Audiogon and when I got it, noticed the presence of a whitish pasty substance in and around a few of the outlets, so I knew the seller had used something, and when I asked he said he'd treated his power plugs and outlets with this product. However, I never have heard any differences between the treated and untreated outlets, and he didn't come across as being very convinced either. But I guess you can't go wrong with a satisfaction or your money back guarantee...

some equip & cable companies do warn about using any contact enhancers with any sort of metallic base...is it so for SST? for example, jena labs specifically warns agst this.

>> 08-15-06: Joncourage
>> I'm not sure I understand how putting something between
>> 2 contacts could enhance the sound, other than by
>> keeping the surface of the contacts clean over time.

this was my question & confusion too. However, after reading some archived posts on this matter + talking to some people, this is what I understand: the RCA signal carrying pin does NOT make contact all along its pin shaft. It makes contact only at the tip end often owing to the larger diameter hole vs. the RCA pin diameter. 2ndly, even tho' the RCA center pin looks smooth to the naked eye, it is not so. It is dimpled, say, much like a golf ball. Thus, even if this center pin makes contact along its pin shaft, the contact is intermittent.
When the entie RCA fits snuggly, it is the outer metal jacket (ground) that is making a snug contact. This gives most of us a mistaken impression that the signal carrying pin is making full contact!
So, when you use a silver-based contact enhancer what it does is (1) build up the center RCA pin's diameter such that a larger surface area of the center pin shaft can make contact & (2) fill in the microscopic pits in the center pin shaft thus smoothing the surface & enhancing the overall contact surface area.
IMHO. FWIW. Some one correct me if I'm wrong. Thanx.

Bombaywalla, from what I understand, something like SST is operating with too thin a microscopic layer to "thicken" the pin or bridge gaps, although it may help with the microscopic pits. Lloyd has told me it's all about improving the conductivity of the electrical connection at the point of the mechanical contact, however large or slight.

After all the reviews of this particular "snake oil", I too have succumbed to its charms. I must say the improvement was of the OMG caliber. Much better soundsatge, dynamics, transparency and "live" character. As if all the drivers improved individually.

Agaffer: clean the connectors with Deoxit or a similar cleaner, as Walker recommends, and you will most likely realize the magic.

It never ceases to maze me that the jaw dropping improvements in my system always come from "tweaks" (Walker SST, cable elevators, RRL vinyl cleaning fluid), rather than from new $7 K speakers or new $3 K components. I would be most interested to hear if others have similar experiences.