New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
question the efficacy of certain seemingly "faith based" tweaks at your peril! Even asking simple questions and foolishly expecting rational answers to them can result in being labeled a "troll" or "negative nancy" as the Golden Eared Uber-Qualified sophisticates who shamelessly promote certain things are "real serious" magic hat rack and directional fuse wire aficionados with money to burn. $300 contact enhancing goo that takes 80 hours to ultimately work its Complete and Astonishing System Improvement magic (although, to be fair, it seemingly produces some of the life changing magic mojo immediately after applying) should be accepted on faith as, after all, what the heck do YOU know anyway? Just order the stuff, smear it on your wires, and sit back knowing somebody smarter and possibly better looking and clearly more qualified to opine about Sonic Goo Benefits told you to get the damn stuff. ^ how's the above CaliforniaPoopa? googoo enuff for you? |
wesheadley & wolf-garcia ... Here's an excerpt so that you guys won't have to look it up: "Anything political seems to be off limits here .... and for good reason. I absolutely love politics. In addition to music, literature (especially political history), my children, grandchildren and yes, my great grandchildren, politics is my driving force. With that said, I don’t mind sharing with you guys that I used to belong to another site (not audiophile related) that had a politics section. I was a moderator on that forum. I thought it was great fun at first, but it soon denigrated into friends becoming enemies. In today’s political climate, it would be a lot worse. Therefore, as much as I would love to debate politics with some of you, I support the mods on this forum to keep the politics out. I think we should all respect that." Frank |
His philosophy is to give customers their money’s worth. At various audio shows in Los Angeles in the past two years, about a dozen exhibitors allowed him to use his ICs and sometimes his PCs (we tour the shows together). They all wanted to keep them for the remainder of the show they liked them so much. Those using Nordost and Transparent Audio wouldn’t try them. http://www.groverhuffman.com/home Even his IC connector’s are designed and manufactured for his own line using pure copper coated with 20mil silver and low mass. He also has a 60 day full refund return policy (with about one return in about 200 orders). |
Wolf_garcia [ …question the efficacy of certain seemingly "faith based" tweaks at your peril! Even asking simple questions and foolishly expecting rational answers to them can result in being labeled a "troll" or "negative nancy" ........Golden Eared Uber-Qualified sophisticates who shamelessly promote certain things are "real serious" magic hat rack and directional fuse wire aficionados with money to burn. $300 contact enhancing goo that takes 80 hours to ultimately work its Complete and Astonishing System Improvement magic....should be accepted on faith as, after all, what the heck do YOU know anyway? Just order the stuff, smear it on your wires........] What "questions" that have you been asking about the product? I can’t see any questions in the above statement for sure. Do you consider you comment " Golden Eared Uber-Qualified sophisticates who shamelessly promote certain things are "real serious" magic hat rack and directional fuse wire aficionados with money to burn" to be a question? If so, you need to have a think about what the word means. Perhaps pointing out that it costs $299 as you and others have done? No, that’s not a question either and it reflects an underlying assumption, and it in no way questions its efficacy, just its affordability. Or how pointing out about the fact that it takes 8 weeks to really take effect - is that question? Derogatory statements - put downs, slagging-off, pi**-takes whatever are not "questions". Calling into question whether it is too expensive or takes too long to work (which is not a question!) has nothing to do with its efficacy either. Essentially the "negative nancies" have decided, in advance that this product for whatever personal reason, can’t / won’t work. And that’s just being intellectually lazy. I note that there has not been one technical objection to the links that I presented. So either people didn’t read them, didn’t understand them or simply feel that taking cheap shots is somehow an appropriate response when they are presented with information that they can’t incorporate into their world view. |
Hey doubting thomas, why don't a bunch of you whom are friends in the same area, purchase one tube of this stuff, and then all test it. It seems that you need only a tiny amount, therefore, nobody would be out more than $50 bucks each. Then you can comment on if the product works or doesn't. In this industry anything can make a profound difference. Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ |
deeperthought & Dave & Troy ... I've been asking these guys to state their intentions from day one, both in this thread and in both of the SR fuse threads. They won't do it, because they won't dare claim it. I can guess what their intentions are because I've seen it many times before. Even if they don't realize it, they are making an attempt to destroy a terrific new product and a brilliant American businessman. As I said in an earlier post, entire societies have been brought to their knees by the closed minded thinking being exhibited by these fools. audiotroy ... Even if they formed a collective and reduced the price per individual to $50, they still wouldn't buy the product. Their goal isn't to find out if, or how, the product works. Their goal is to destroy and burn the house down. Well, it won't happen. Just like with Ted Denney's Black and Blue fuses, the Total Contact is just way too good of a product to fail. Word of mouth will be enough to get the product going down the pathway to success. The naysayers will be left blubbering .... "But, but ... what happened?" They won't have a clue as to why they failed. One thing for sure, once they fail here, they will be looking for new buildings to burn and fresh entrepreneurs to stab in the back. Little men with stinking thinking tend to remain little men with stinking thinking ... Frank |
Okay, here's my politics-free questions about this product: 1-- Can you explain micro-arcing, or, if that term was a typo, just elaborate on the what the problems are that this product is aiming to solve or diminish and what makes it different from your run-of-the-mill contact cleaner/treatment? 2-- Can you explain how the product improves sound between initial application and the 8 week burnin interval? 3-- Can you tell us what equipment you used in your tests including what interconnects were used? I'm always interested in new tweaks to improve my system. My system includes: SOTA Star Sapphire turntable, Origin Live Silver tonearm, Soundsmith Hyperion cartridge, Soundsmith MMCII Phono stage, McCormack Gold preamp and amp, Genesis III speakers and Servo12 subs, Wireworld and Musicable Silver interconnects. |
I tend to swap gear around often, since I have two preamps I enjoy (ref6 and Allnic L3000) and different amps. So as a practical matter, would this be effective for a gear swapper like myself? I stick with the same speakers so I assume I would treat my bananas on the speaker end but the other gear is frequently changed. Is TC effective on frequently changed connections? |
oregonpapa wrote, ”I’ve been asking these guys to state their intentions from day one, both in this thread and in both of the SR fuse threads. They won’t do it, because they won’t dare claim it. I can guess what their intentions are because I’ve seen it many times before. Even if they don’t realize it, they are making an attempt to destroy a terrific new product and a brilliant American businessman. As I said in an earlier post, entire societies have been brought to their knees by the closed minded thinking being exhibited by these fools.” >>>>>The parable of the frog 🐸 and the scorpion 🦂 A poisonous scorpion asked a frog if he could get a ride on the frog’s back over to the other side of the river. The frog resisted, saying, but I’m afraid you’ll sting me. But the scorpion promised he wouldn’t sting him and asked the frog to reconsider. Finally, the frog agreed to carry the scorpion on his back to the other side of the river and set out swimming with the scorpion perched on his back. But when the frog was almost to the other side, the scorpion suddenly stung him in the back. When the frog 🐸 screamed, Hey, why did you sting me, you promised?, the scorpion calmly replied, Because it’s my nature. 🦂 |
westheadley .. 1. I’ll wait for Tim Mrock to step in to explain micro arcing. 2. This has been covered several times during this thread. Again, I respectfully suggest that you read the thread from page one, to here. On initial application, there is a definite improvement in SQ, so it will be enjoyed at that time. At the four week period, there is an increase in clarity. At the eight week juncture there is a HUGE jump in clarity ... a see-through quality that really has to be heard to be believed. I’ve heard nothing like it in over 40 years in the hobby. The more connections you paste, the better it gets. Tim tells me that he has pasted over 1000 connections in his system, home and in his car. One of the big improvements is treating your circuit breakers, which I have not done yet. I’ll hire an electrician for the job. I’ll upgrade the circuit box at that time also. 3. You can see my electronics and room by double clicking on my icon, then double clicking on the picture. All ARC Reference: Ref-3, Ref-75se, PH-8, CD-7se ... all tubes. Von Gaylord "Legend" IC’s, SR level III power cords, and Von Gaylord "Legend" speaker cables - bi-wired. Legacy Signature III speakers. Well Tempered TT highly modified. Origin Live TT belt, Cardas copper tonearm wire and an Audio Tecnica ART-9 cartridge. Room is well treated with Shatki Holograms (4), SR HFT’s (10), Four Tube Traps. Micro-vibrations have been carefully attended to with platforms, custom equipment rack ... and all of the usual suspects. While by some standards, what I have is a modest system. With all of the tweaks I’ve experimented with over the years, the system has become highly resolving. I can hear if a tweak is worthwhile or not almost immediately. Read my comments re: Herbie’s tube dampeners (excellent), and then conversely, Hebie’s Black Hole CD mat (ineffective in my system). Try to read the entire thread ... most of your questions will be answered there. Frank |
dbager ... If you continually swap your wires around, you will eventually wear the paste off. You WILL get an initial improvement in SQ with the fresh pasting, but the best would happen if you would be able to just let it cure over the 4 and 8 week period. So to answer your question ... yes, it would still be worthwhile for you to use TC in order to get the initial SQ improvement. In fact, I'd venture to say that once you've heard your system freshly pasted, you won't want to listen without it. I know I certainly won't go back. Read all of Steve Fleschler’s posts. All of his results reported here so far are the results of a freshly pasted system. Frank |
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Politics? A joke about Republicans is politics? Some of my best friends have been Republicans, although certainly not in recent years. Hmmm…deeperthought…I was addressing wesheadly with a warning about engaging relatively thin skinned proponents of magic tweaks in general, as I really don't have any questions about the goo since, clearly, it's value is unquestionable if only as a platform for satire. |
Good news! I just got off of the phone with Tim Mrock. The delay was with one of the suppliers being late in delivery. Tim will be up all night tonight preparing the packaging for a launch tomorrow. So ... by the time tomorrow morning comes the product will be available through Audiogon. That’s the plan. Let’s hope there’s no more snafus. Frank |
crazyeddy sez: "Ok, so the extended "roll out" date of the 15th has now past. Still nothing on Google? What gives? at the risk of getting bitten in these shark infested waters, it's starting to sound like Tru Fi. All will be revealed..................... " Seven posts above yours I said this: " Good news! I just got off of the phone with Tim Mrock. The delay was with one of the suppliers being late in delivery. Tim will be up all night tonight preparing the packaging for a launch tomorrow. So ... by the time tomorrow morning comes the product will be available through Audiogon. That’s the plan. Let’s hope there’s no more snafus." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The first supplier of the "containers" that will hold the product sent defective containers. A new supplier had to be found. The new ones were supposed to arrive Saturday. They didn't show up in the mail (25 below zero with wind chill). That left Sunday (no mail delivery) and yesterday, a national holiday (no mail delivery). The containers arrived today in the mail. Tim will spend the day, and all night tonight, filling the containers so the product can be offered for sale here on Audiogon tomorrow morning. Simple as that. Frank |
Geoff sez: "Besides, did someone die and make you moderator?" Nope. Just trying to keep things civil in this one thread. That's about it. Besides Geoff, most folks who want to debate politics have a political acumen about as deep as the vinyl flooring in my kitchen. Any political discussions would quickly sink to a low of name calling. Don't know about you Geoff, but I'm here to have fun and to improve my audio system, not to make enemies. Frank PS: I'm trying to remember my first date as a teenager. When was I a teenager? Was I ever a teenager? |
To all ... Its here! Audiogon just posted the Total Contact for sale. Here’s the link: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/listening-room-electrical-contact-enhancer-2018-01-17-systems Have fun guyz. Frank |
And speaking of movies, I’d like to share one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Its titled "The Lives of Other’s." Its in German with very easy to read English subtitles. Available now on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Lives-of-Others-Blu-ray-Disc-2007-BRAND-NEW-SEALED/331297692033?epid=61... Frank |
I just recently added two Gutwire Ultimate Ground Cables to my system. The profound improvements they make have convinced me that some method of dealing with ground noise is essential to getting the very best out of your system. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/gutwire-ultimate-grounding-cable#1507231 ...now back to the regularly scheduled program. |
