“ use it on your unicorn to help with the dander”
I rubbed it all over my unicorn and it sure is fine and dandy now!
I rubbed it all over my unicorn and it sure is fine and dandy now!
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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Wolf and randy, while I was and am sceptical that this tweak can live up to the hyperbole, I have to say that now that it is available for sale it sounds a bit ignorant to constantly berate a product you obviously have no intention of buying. It was one thing to take shots at a phantom, vaporware product. That was entertaining! But now that it is “out there”, it just comes off as, well... small, to take shots at it without hearing it. Especially when there have been no negative reviews, just positive. All that said, I did follow the SR fuse threads and bought a couple of blacks and several blues. And did I think they made a big difference? No, subtle at best, if at all. (Not making any friends here, am I?). But I can comment based on experience, which is not what you are doing. Since I just never learn, and let’s face it, even though this price would be ridiculous to anyone at my office who does not share this crazy spending hobby, I will likely buy this because I just want to know if it can really be “all that”. And before you ask who made me moderator, it was my daughter. |
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Side note: For those with headphone systems ... TC can be used on the headphone plugs to good effect. I’ve done my headphones (Grado RS-1’s) , the little Audio Engine DAC, the connection to the computer screen and the computer’s PC. Spotify sounds really good. Picture quality is improved also. Russian car crashes have more impact. :-) Frank |
gpgr4blu ... You'll have it soon. Tim is trying to mail out the same day he receives the order. He's only a block away from the post office. The spade connections are a good place to start .... audible improvement too. The more connections you paste with TC the more improvement will be realized. I did my entire system all at once, but it would be interesting to hear your progress as each portion is pasted. Like spade connectors first, then evaluate. IC's next, then evaluate. PC's after that, then evaluate. Fuse ends, then evaluate. Etc, etc, etc ... Please post your results here. Thanks ... Frank PS: I was up until 2am this morning listening to my stereo system. Steve Fleschler tells me he's doing the same. Steve has hit the four-week point with about half of his treatment. The other half is freshly applied. Hard to pull yourself away from the music once that four-week point is reached. |
Anybody with a little TC left after use I will purchase. I only need a teeny tiny smidgen. I have very few connections, you know, what with the battery powered portable system. No power cords, no ICs, blah blah. The batteries, that’s about it. Yes, I know the batteries need to be replaced before the stuff has broken in. 😃 I also need a teeny tiny bit of TC for my new LG video system power cords. I suppose I could scrape some Graphene off my Head Graphene tennis racket....😳 |
And I thought a trigger warning would suffice in an effort to shelter the sensitive among us. My little blurbs of dissent (tempered with what perhaps only I find humorous…I try) regarding overselling faith based tweaks will only be encouraged by any attempt to stifle them. I guess that statement requires another trigger warning…Also Fleshler writes: "The audiogon forum moderator has been notified concerning trolls on this and other forums; in particular, Wolf_Garcia." I can only imagine how THAT complaint went, "Moderators, somebody keeps disagreeing with me and it makes me all upset!" Threats now? How tentative (or genuine?) is one's faith in in their opinion that a tweak has legs would feel threatened by my posts? Is there some commercial component at play here? In any case, for those who feel harmed by anything I've said, I suggest you meditate quietly by a Mpingo disc or magic hat rack and repeat quietly, "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and darn it, people like me." |
I received and applied Total Contact yesterday. I confirm the positive descriptions, audio and video, as reported in previous posts. It is very simple to apply, and takes very little time. Using thin, smooth layers, reports that the container can treat two or three systems are super conservative. I will happily be paying an electrician to get access behind my circuit breakers. Highly recommended. |
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A note to the videophiles ... Use Constant Contact on your TV/video systems. I'm getting a brighter picture and blacker blacks with more detail on my 73" Mitsubishi rear projection TV. I pasted the DVD player's IC's, the power cord, the lamp and the satellite box connections. Nice overall improvement. Frank |
Trigger warning for those who's insecurities and adorable child-like sensitivity to certain posts send them into rage or a coma: To save some money (although this would take some time) I suggest soldering every single cable contact point, including inside speakers, AC connections including wall sockets and component connections, power supplies, unsoldered or "clipped on" internal wires in everything, tube sockets, blue tooth dongles, and everything else (don't forget the phono cartridge connections)…then there's no expensive goo (although silver or some other "special real good audiophile" solder would help maintain tweaker cred in the face of other's thinking you'd lost your mind) and you should have no issues except mumbling jazz musicians sending sound bites to bounce off your magic hat rack, and possibly some tube swap delays...Get a "special" solder manufacturer to allow you to beta test their product, rave about it on this forum (don't forget to use the word "quantum" someplace), note the price and return policy while claiming no kickbacks from the seller, and let the fun begin. No break-in time, no goo, no problem. |
Geoffkait, My guess is that he medium allows the Graphene to be suspended in such a was as to allow it to be applied without industrial processing. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4741/7716f5c2ea992b3e49d4f5e03966b0ea9e37.pdf |
deeperthought So based on this information (i.e. the 2 facts above, what do you know in can NOT do? Can’t improve the conductivity of connections perhaps? (refer the links I provided). Can’t reduce oxidation maybe? (ditto). Can’t provide an interface with almost zero resistance ?(links, Randy, read the links). >>>>>The medium is not graphene so would have some resistance, no? Thus the resistance of TC would not (rpt not) be zero. It also remains to be seen that molecules dispersed/suspended in a medium actually behave exactly like real graphene, which is a two-dimensional contiguous material. In other words, if you chop it up is it still really graphene? 🙄 |
geoffkait Everyone should be treated with respect, even the pseudo skeptics. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. - Old audiophile tweak manufacturer axiom to which oregonpapa OP replied, ^^^ Yeah George, but what do you do when you have several people constantly crapping in your honey?? Frank, please don’t start confusing me with George. 😛 |
Respectfully (!), Donny McCaslin will be at the Village Vanguard later this month (and so will I) and you can ask him about the forehead experiment. He’s gonna deny it ever happened. Also, "There certainly has been evidence offered here that the product works as advertised." Don’t confuse opinions packed with hyperbole with "evidence." For those who don’t know what that means, I offer: "Hyperbole, derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting,” is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis." If the goo works, it allows a better electrical contact…that’s it…the miraculous transformation of your gear heap from whatever it was to an uber revealing sound reproduction miracle is resulting from better wire contact? The wires remain the same, the gear is the same, the contact points have goo on them...and the rest is hyperbole…although now you know what that means. You’re welcome. |
Randy-11 [ you don't have to use heroin to know what it does and it is very easy to know what something can NOT do (except for the few antiVAXers and others who deny physics and electronics) ] Still at it are we? What do you know about the product? It uses Graphene (an established and well understood Molecule) mixed with other substances in a polymer (the polymer has not been specified as far as I know). So based on this information (i.e. the 2 facts above, what do you know in can NOT do? Can't improve the conductivity of connections perhaps? (refer the links I provided). Can't reduce oxidation maybe? (ditto). Can't provide an interface with almost zero resistance ?(links, Randy, read the links). Seriously, making a statement like that proves a few things IMHO: 1. You don't understand or want to understand that this product can work based on solid scientific research. (Physics!) 2. Your intent is to crap all over a product that you have no idea about, no experience with and obviously no understanding of. |
WillemJ [ In Europe, consumer protection agencies have gone to court in comparable cases to argue that this is consumer fraud....I have no idea about US law] I only know a little about US law but a statement claiming that a product that you know nothing about is "fraud" based on some misunderstanding on the nature of the manufacturer's claims would be argued to be libel in a court of Law. |
perfectpathtech Thanks for the reply but I’m still getting "This listing is not available in your location." notice. It’s obviously something at my end.. I’ll sort it out via admin. |
willemj In Europe, consumer protection agencies have gone to court in comparable cases to argue that this is consumer fraud - and won their cases. Contract law in many EU countries stipulates that products have to be fit for purpose, so sellers may have to demonstrate that their products work as claimed. This would involve expert witnesses such as physics professors. Maybe they will ask Geim and Novoselov. I am sure they would be interested in this completely new version of graphene. >>>>>One wonders what those esteemed physics professors would have to say about Mpingo discs. The Intelligent Chip. Tiny little bowl resonators. The Teleportation Tweak. Silver Rainbow Foil. Coloring the outer edge of CDs purple. Directionality of wire. Directionality of power cords. Differences in SQ among fuses. The Schumann frequency generator. The Red X Pen. Ultra Tweeters. Lessloss Blackbody. Crystals. The Tourmaline Gun. Demagnetization of CDs and LPs. Would the esteemed professors have a good laugh? Would milk squirt out of their noses? 👃🏻👃🏻 👃🏻 👃🏻 Besides, it’s not a new version of graphene. Try to keep up. |
willemj In Europe, consumer protection agencies have gone to court in comparable cases to argue that this is consumer fraud - and won their cases.Examples of what you're talking about, please. And these cases are comparable ... to what? There certainly has been evidence offered here that the product works as advertised. So it isn't at all clear what you're trying to claim, other than the typical measurementalist confirmation bias. You've formed your opinion a priori. Others have actually used it. |
In Europe, consumer protection agencies have gone to court in comparable cases to argue that this is consumer fraud - and won their cases. Contract law in many EU countries stipulates that products have to be fit for purpose, so sellers may have to demonstrate that their products work as claimed. This would involve expert witnesses such as physics professors.
Maybe they will ask Geim and Novoselov.
I am sure they would be interested in this completely new version of graphene. I have no idea about US law. |