And you are a troll. I only inform readers concerning products I purchase and use in my audio system. You have many negative posts which do not relate to trying the products, just being personally negative towards posters like me. I am wealthy and I have no need or desire to post unless I feel it is informative to readers. I am obsessive concerning music, not equipment as I want the simplist audio system with only a volume and selctor control. Now I have added the IPad. I sit for hours at night listening and reading. I share my music collection with friends and colleagues That's my great enjoyment. What does a troll do for fun? He writes nasty personal diatribes against people and products on audio sites.
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
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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I also want to give my sincerest thanks to Frank for his introduction to tweaks which enable me reach this high level of audio reproduction. Spending $7500 in the past two years on SR, TC, Mapleshade products is a lot less expensive than trying to upgrade my speakers. I thought the speakers were holding my system back because they are older engineering at 25+ years. They were not the problem. The room and micro-vibrations were the problem, just like I treated the electronics with stillpoints back four years ago. |
I just spent over $6000 on SR products, 2-10 packs of HFTs, 2 packs of speaker HFT/2.0/X kits, a Blackbox and an Atmosphere XL4. After an agonizing 2 weeks placing the HFTs 90% in the recommended positions and 3 which drove me nuts to find out how to balance the room, I was finally able to add the Blackbox and Atmosphere to the mix and achieve the soundstage, dynamics, tonal warmth and detail that I wanted. However, prior to adding the SR products, I spent $300 for TC and applied it to nearly all contacts in my main listening room system. The TC brought out detail, bass and soundstage that I lacked in that room but not in my living room. Now that I have incorporated the SR equipment, there is no need to experiment and see what would happen without TC. I’m satisfied with the end result. My friend who is an audio engineer told me that it was the TC that was messing up my sound. Well, now that I finally got the SR tweaks to work correctly (the Blackbox is 5’ from the front wall, not along the walls as in the instructions and the Atmosphere is behind me on the back wall, not in front of my speakers which does provide the most profound differences but blocks the soundstage in my room), I think he is wrong. The proof is in the pudding. His system is a small, 8' high room with acoustic tiles with a 2 way mini-monitor speakers with 4" woofers (they go down to 20 Hz but don't slam you with bass) with the same equipment/wiring as mine. Sure he has a fantastic sounding system but a grand piano doesn't sound as big in his room as in my room. My speakers are 4 way with 7 drivers and 6-12" woofers. Really tough to adjust that type of speaker to my larger room As for the SR tweaks, Dave at Weinhart Design said these tweaks and tuning each individual room is an art, not a science. It takes a great deal of commitment to work on achieving the right balance. I kept experimenting until I got the tweaks to work. My music room has problems which needed solving (slap echo, wide front wall windows mid-wall height, large cathedral ceiling). I highly recommend trying the TC. If you are lacking in bass, soundstage and resolution, it appears to cure the ailment. |
Ultimatezap and Oregonpapa, Yesterday I applied the TC to only the tube pins in my hybrid modded Bada Purer 3.3 integrated amp and WOW!! I recently purchased an older modded version of my Bada Purer 3.3se. This amp replaced expensive separates so I know that it is an overachiever. When I saw the modded one up for sale I had to try it. Well to make a long story short after one weeks time I felt the recently acquired one, older modded one, was sweeter but just didn't have the bass or portray the density or weight of the instruments like my present amp and I was disssppointed. After listening one day later after applying the TC to the tube pins, two 6922's, the increase in performance of the amp was startling. Bass is about equally powerful but more refined in comoarison to my old amp but now tonal density and layering of instruments is well beyond my old amp as well as soundstage depth and especially depth. Imaging is also wonderful now. I had good luck putting Quicksilver Gold on the pins of the 12au7 tubes of Bada Purer 3.3se so I new that this could help bridge the bass gap between the two amps. However the extant of the change was pretty shocking! Already psid for itself! Thanks Oregonpapa now I will buy a couple of new SR Blue fuses for my modded amp. This new TC is really easy to apply and has such a nice homogenous consistency to it. I can't wait to apply to some other connections next weekend! |
To ronrags: I'm working up the nerve on the tube pins! Pretty awesome without. And Oregon: I try not to think too much about the criticism of others, but it's difficult at times. AR really took care of me on the amp. I had an HD220 that went kaput and they couldn't fix anymore. They gave me full credit for what I'd paid towards the 75SE. They sure didn't have to, as it was four or five years old. I'll always have their equipment. I love this hobby. |
@ultimatezap I totally agree with you concerning the increased volume after applying TC. The volume setting on my PL integrated amp is lower than usual plus I had to re-adjust the volume setting on my sub since it became too over powering. I must also add that I can now listen at a lower volume and still hear the finer detail and dynamics of the music. I now enjoy listening without having to increase the volume. BTW- I applied TC to the tube pins without any consequences. Just apply to about 1/3 and you should be fine. |
ultimatezap ... Thank you for the excellent review. When I received my REF-75-SE, replacing an older REF-75, I really was enthusiastic. After changing out the KT-120's on the REF-75 for a set of KT-150's, I stated that I had never heard such a grain-less amp ... until I took delivery of the SE version. I was so enthusiastic that the A'gon naysayers were calling me a "shill" for Audio Research. Then, I was "a shill" for Synergistic Research. Then I became "a shill" for Total Contact. All I can say is that there are a lot of shill detectors who visit this site. :-) willgolf ... I pasted the contacts on my 73" Mitsubishi rear projection TV as well, including the male plugs on the "lamp." I experienced improvements that included blacker blacks, a brighter picture and better colors. In order to get these improvements, I had to go into "settings" and re calibrate most of the settings. Don't know if you've done that or not, but its worth a try. ultimatezap, willgolf ... and others who have invested in TC: On the 4 week breakthrough ... I'm smiling because I know what comes at eight weeks and I can hardly wait for your reactions to that. Frank |
Going on 4 weeks. I think it is hard if you have high end components to hear major differences. I have said that about fuses and now TC. I ordered a custom set of Sonus Faber Amati Tradition speakers about 3 months ago. The dealer gave me a brand new pair to listen to while my speakers were being built. I had treated all of my plugs and RCA cables. I am not sure I really heard an upgrade in quality. The borrowed speakers were broken in and sounded great. My new speakers came in and I hooked up the system. It sounded lifeless...meaning they were not broken in yet. I was bummed. I had not treated the speaker cables yet. I treated the bare wire and the spade. As soon as I turned it back on my speakers came to life. So, despite my reservations, I did hear an improvement and I suspect it will get a lot better once the speakers break in a little. I have also treated all of the components of my theater room including my Epsom 10500 projector and 75 inch TV. I can honestly say I have not experienced an improvement in picture quality. I was hoping to see a change. I have not treated the tubes of my Raven integrated amp. I did treat the Blue fuse and Power cord. I just am not comfortable doing the tubes. Finally, I called Tom on a Sunday Afternoon and he spent a lot of time with me teaching my how to apply and what I could use it on. I was impressed that he took the time. Was it worth the $300. Yes. I just spent 5 figures on a new media server and I know I won't realize the kind of upgrade in performance of my two channel system as I did with TC for $300. |
OK. It's been pretty close to exactly four weeks since I applied the magic stuff. I pasted approximately 100 connections. And before you go "no way..." there are 30 connections included in just my two main front speakers. I built them from a GR Research kit, so I know it. Oh and Oregon? My main amp is the 75 SE. How in the world can anyone say anything negative about it? It is superlative. Amazing. Also have the Herbie's Super Black Hole and Big Sliders under the speakers. Anyway, my system is sounding better than it ever has. It just keeps blooming as the magic stuff cures, and I wanted to wait the four weeks before I wrote anything. However, back on February 12th, immediately after I initially pasted and listened, I sent Tim the following : "Hi Tim. I spent several hours applying the secret sauce to approximately 100 connections, and that's not counting, for instance, the four separate connection points in a Speakon connector as more than one. So I have a few. I think I'd best describe changes as subtle at this point. Not a huge smack in the face. Which is just fine with me, 'cause I already really like how my system sounds. Greater or lesser degrees of: lower, blacker noise floor, more presence to low frequencies, more depth and width to the sonic image, coming further to the sides of the speakers than before. The highs seem smoother and my missus said she could hear more highs that were buried before (her ears may be a bit better than mine...). It seems as though some vocals are easier to understand. Seems like it took the edge off of some female voices that could occasionally be a tiny bit grating. What the missus (Cindy) and I also agree on is that it in no way diminishes the sound. No dulling, losses, or smearing. So if it only gets better, and it's a linear process, then I say: yayy!" And Yayyyyyyyy it is boys and girls. The soundstage has continued to solidify and spread at the same time. And the "seems" statements that I sent to Tim definitely "are". One thing that no one has mentioned that I have found is that it makes the connections more electrically efficient on top of everything else. What do I mean? Well, my speakers are stupid efficient. 97 dB. Which means I should by running about 6 watts, not the 75 that the AR puts out. So every change is easy to pick out. Which can really suck if I make a bad choice. I've seen the meters on the 75 SE hit 15 watts on stupid loud Tool or Sevendust, but they barely move at normal listening levels, like now, with Tori Amos and her piano. She is solid, and the piano is THERE. Really awesome. But my volume shows 9 o'clock where before I used to listen to the same stuff at 1030 or 1100. Anyone else notice this? I tried attenuators to get further into the volume, but they killed dynamics. Tim and I sent each other photos of our respective systems. Let me tell you: he is serious about his setup. Very. I'm lucky that I have a lady that allows the speakers well into the living room without complaint. She is awesome as well. The only connections I didn't paste were the tubes in my AR pre-amp and the 75 SE. I figured I'd be okay with the benefits of the other connections, and opening the nearly $20K in amps to paste the pins scared the hell out of me. OK, back to the music. Vienna Teng is filling my soul. Oh, this is the best 300 bucks I've spent on anything. Ever. |
^^^ Thank you, ronrags. Your support is very much appreciated. Conveying my enthusiasm is exactly what I did. Yes, for the most part, these are the same guys who tried to crap all over the original Red fuse thread, then the Black fuse thread ... and then the Blue fuse thread. They seemed to have missed my positive reviews of the ARC Ref 75-SE, the Hebie’s tube dampeners and the Audio Technica ART-9 cartridges. Actually, as i think about it, they attacked Audio Research, the company, over and over in the REF-75-SE review. Same Negative Nellies, give or take a few. Frank |
Slaw- Frank was trying to convey his enthusiasm for this product just like the fuse thread he started. Frank is a gentleman but I can’t blame him for being defensive due to the negative comments and criticism he has received endorsing these products. I read every comment on this thread from the beginning and feel Frank response to you and others were justified. If you found a product you like, wouldn’t you want to endorse it on these forums? How would you feel and respond if you received negative comments from those who never tried it? Why must individuals respond with such negativity with no justification. Believe it or not Frank was reluctant to try TC as was I and others. But his description of TC encouraged me to try this product in which I'm grateful. I'm so amazed with this product that I sent my unused portion to 2 other audiogoners to try with no charge. We need to encourage and assist each other in this wonderful hobby instead of trying to discourage. |
slaw ... If you were to go back and read all of the correspondence between you and me, you would find that my responses to you, were exactly that ... RESPONSES to your personal attacks. YOU are the one with the "attitude," my friend. And by the way slaw, you won’t be able to recapture your negative posts (I’ve tried) because they have all been deleted by the Mods. You continue to point out "the way the product was rolled out." What about it, slaw? I’ve asked you a few times to point out where you’ve found the "roll out" to be so offensive, and you are yet to answer the question. Go back to the "roll out" post (that would be the first one), then come back and point out the negatives as you see them. Did I refer to you as "unimportant?" Yep. Why? ... Because you, along with a couple of others here, did your best to drive Tim, the Mfg. of TC out of business with your negative diatribes. Without even seeing the product, and of course, never using the product, you took a negative tact right from the beginning in an effort to dissuade others from buying the product. What did you expect the reaction to be, slaw? Should I have welcomed your efforts to destroy TC, my efforts, and Tim Mrock’s business along with it, with open arms? Not me, friend. I don’t play the bully game. As I have said many times before slaw, my reactions to you are based upon your personal attacks upon me and the fine product that TC has turned out to be. I have answered every question you’ve had in a gentlemanly manner, slaw ... UNTIL such time when you started throwing bricks my way. If you’re offended by the bricks becoming airborne and flying back at you ... well, so be it. You’re trying to play the victim game here, slaw. That’s a no go with me. You are a victim of your own making. What’s happened here between you and me, slaw, is that you’ve met someone who clearly sees what you are all about ... and I’ve called you out on it. Then you say this:
When will that be, slaw? Are you ready to open your wallet and experience one of the best tweaks to come down the audiophile pike, or did you have more questions that need to be answered before you place your order? If so, what would those additional questions be? Frank |
hey slaw I for one fully understand where you are coming from. I have not bought some great equipment over the years based on how a manufacturer has treated their customers, on how a distributor dealt with situations or how a dealer has treated me. There are a lot of choices out there and maybe my system would sound better with product x but there's more to it than the product itself. |
@tommylion, I understand the reasoning for your post. But, having this discussion is a positive thing. Right? I’m expressing my opinion based on Frank’s history. with me. This is all I have to base my opinions on going forward. So, in effect, you would have me (buy this product(), with all of the reservations previously noted and not have an opinion on his (attack) on me personally? It has to do with the manufacturer, his choice of beta testers, how they react to the potential customer base, that will hopefully drive sales?. For some reason, not yet known to me, you seem to want to make ME the scapegoat for the failure of how this product was rolled out? This is what I’ve said all along. So, what you seem to want to refer to as a (grudge)..I correctly call it as a failure to understand the initial prospective of a new product and it’s correct influx into the marketplace. I can take this one step further. Has Frank EVER questioned the posts from customers who’ve had positive experiences?? I don’t think so, Then I ask myself..why not? If Frank is such a respected reviewer, who’d want his reputation preserved, this, my friend, is of great importance? I guess, I’m the only one who has ever questioned this? So, I think it's important to actually remember how this confusion actually started. YOU seem to make me, a potential customer, out to be a "bad guy" or as @geoffkait would say, a suedoskeptic? I’m questioning my previous decision to but a vile now? Thanks @tommylion. |
I’ll probably order a (vile). Based upon the overwhelming responses. I’ll keep my findings, if positive, confined to myself, solely because of the way @oregonpapa treated me. Be honest... would any of you who felt good about ordering this product find.... if your initial posts were ignored, then you were told, outright, "We don’t need you"?.. would you even be back to read (this) post? I doubt it. So, if I order a vile...I WILL NOT post any positive comments here. I will, how ever, post any negative reactions. Why? Because Frank said, and I quote, "we don’t need you". ..Is he suppose to be a favorite reviewer from the past?........... |
@oregonpapa No RCAs in my system so no need to treat. Not sure what you mean by internal wire connections? They are already soldered etc....Are you suggesting applying at all the soldered connections in my crossovers etc...? Not sure how this would help make contact as it is only a surface application ...... not contact points. Thanks for your thoughts. |
Grannyring, I progressed on my two systems slowly. I also took time to get used to the sound each step of the way to see if it was something I liked. In my case I liked it. The one thing I realized was that the noise floor dropped so much that I could turn the sound up and hear musical detail that I did not know was there. What I heard were notes more naturally following through. It was like going from an mp3 to a cd. The good thing is that it is reversible. As tommylion said, wait the four weeks, you might be surprised how the musical picture focuses over that time period. Rc |
grannyring ... As tommylion said, give it some time. Every system is different. My experience was not like your’s at all. I experienced an overall improvement right off the bat. It just kept getting better until I hit the four week point when things really cleared up. Then again at eight weeks when things became totally life-like. The transparency that I’m experiencing now is truly amazing at this point with everything broken in and singing away. I took a look at your system a few minutes ago. If I were you, I’d paste all of the internal wiring connections in your electronics. That should give you a nice improvement. Also, did you paste the grounds of your female RCA jacks? That was big for me. How about the connections to your subs? Frank |
I applied TC to my system yesterday. All speaker and power connections. No doubt it changed my sound, unfortunately not all for the better. Mid bass body is improved and that is good. Improved “meatiness” and body. However, the music has lost some of its life and is a bit dull and diffused. Not what I expected or desired overall and I hope it improves shortly. I will report back. So much for expectation bias 😁 |
Tim ... Robert is coming over again tonight. The poor guy is hooked on the system. He keeps telling me its his fantastic recordings making the system sound so good. I keep asking him how come all of my records sound so great now as well? His response is that its his presence that makes for such great sound. I always end up asking him to leave because everything just seems to improve from there. *lol* I’ve been trying to get into ancient music played on original instruments. As a result, I’ve been playing a lot of Harmonia Mundi recordings. There’s a lot more going on in that ancient music than what is heard at first glance. With the advent of Total Contact, one is allowed to peer through the sound wall and pick up on all of the minute details and overtones of the music. The added detail just adds to the enjoyment of the music. If I could describe this music in one word, it would be "precision." For those who are getting into TC, I’d recommend that you try a few Harmonia Mundi recordings. Like opera and jazz ... it has to grow on you. Frank |
@docknow @a25105 Thank you both for your business. I am working on an upgraded set of instructions and a website. In the mean time, please feel free to call me (phone number included in the instructions). I'd love to discuss your system, how to use TC and what you can look forward to! Thanks again. Tim |
Same here. I just got mine and probably will start using it next week. I think any pictures or video to help get started would be great. I read the whole thread but forgot who says what already and don't want to read the whole thing again:) Otherwise I will probably come up with a list of questions for Tim before I start. Allan |
I have taken the plunge! I ordered TC this afternoon. I will report back here my findings of TC in my system. I currently have Xtreme Cables Quicksilver Gold contact enhancer applied to my system. Due to swapping out a cable (Teo Ultra IC), hybrid integrated amp and universal player I figured now was a good time to start with a new and hopefully improved contact enhancer. I have had nothing but very positive results with the Quicksilver Gold. My QSG batch is almost gone and I hope to avert the initial 4 week roller coaster ride that the application of the QSG took you on sound quality-wise. QSG continued to improve in jumps after that (non linearly). |
For those TC'ers who are experiencing a new level of natural sounding acoustic bass, I'd like to recommend this 4 CD set: https://www.ebay.com/itm/JIM-HALL-TRIO-JIMMY-GIUFFRE-COMPLETE-STUDIO-RECORDINGS-NEW-CD/381296734192?... The bass line on cut #1 on disc #4 is worth the entire set. Frank |
I'm coming up on the 2 week period with my system and I am noticing that the system gets better with each listening session. What is most impressive is the deep tuneful bass that I am getting. I have yet to treat my subwoofer cables but will do that in the next couple days. I haven't even needed the sub really. Also the spaciousness of the soundstage is excellent. Having fun enjoying the ride. |
Tommylion I am beginning to sense that too. I Was fortunate to be able to audition two very different high end systems two weeks ago at the local dealers. One using fully upgraded Tocaros and one using High end Magicos. Both are way beyond my pay grade, but both unique and enjoyable. After sessions like this, it is usually hard to go back to my system and not compare it to what I just experienced, and feel a little let down with my system. Since the TC applications however, I have been able to discern more of the qualities (PRaT, clarity, bass, etc...) that I like in those high systems, in mine. By no means is my system as good as those, but I think it is WAY closer than what it was without the TC. in a way I am glad that they have not treated their systems YET. Frank, I really have enjoyed the staggered TC curing in the last couple of days as well, since that is how my applications worked out. I will keep you posted. This is product has been everything you and others have said. It is the upgrade that keeps on giving. Rc |
^^^ Same thing here, tommylion .. There was a real breakthrough in my system over the last couple of days. I think some of the latest connections that were pasted like speaker wire and the grounds on all female RCA jacks are maturing and may have made the difference. The "sound picture" I'm getting now is uncanny. Robert came over last night for a listening session ... it was the best yet. Frank |
Frank, I had my Linn LP 12 tuned up and you are right on, about the new life that The TC brings to the table ( pun intended). I treated the umbilical from the Lingo power supply and the power chord about a week and a half ago and that was an eye opener once the tune up was complete. The bass is much more tuneful as well as the rest of frequency range. The dynamics have also improved some. This dealer/friend, who has also tried various contact enhancers throughout the years, also suggested that I wait to treat the cartridge pins till we are sure that no product degradation occurs and I will heed to his advice for now, since he is the only one that has ever touched my Linn. At about eight weeks, I will have him come out to evaluate the system and the contacts treated with the TC. At that time if he thinks it would be safe to treat, I will have him do it. As for the bass, I noticed that it is much more tuneful and better defined. I mentioned this because I use the Audience V2+ speakers in a fairly large room without a subwoofer. These speakes use only a pair of 3” drivers for the entire frequency spectrum. Go figure. Enjoy the music. rc |
strongarm ... Yes, past the outside of grounds on the female barrels at their locations. resolution1 .. We had a power outage last night and it took out the fuse on my CD player. At the moment, I don't have a replacement. So, this morning I started listening to LP's again. I got out a few of my reference recordings, one of which is "But Beautiful" by the Norman Luboff Choir. I haven't played this record in probably a year or so. It sounded its best this morning ... inner detail galore. Voices were crystal clear. There's a tenor saxophone in the right channel that used to be really obscured beneath the rest of the music. As the system has progressed over time, that sax has become more prominent. This morning, there was a sax player standing behind, and just to the left of the right speaker in full three dimensional relief. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Norman-Luboff-Choir-The-But-Beautiful-1959-Pop-Ballad-LP-Vinyl-Album/221376... TC is an amazing product. Frank |