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Roxy Music, The Space Between, fills the whole front of the room, lights it up really, a kaleidoscope of colors exploding in the dark. Where in the world did my amp get the extra hundred watts? No, make it a thousand. Transients so crystal clear its hard to believe this really is the same old 50 watt Melody integrated. Turn on the lights to be sure, its even worse, because now the snare drum that has to be there is invisible. But it has to be there!!!

Neil Diamond, Taproot Manuscript, opens with fake thunderclaps and some very real rain. Now you know how they’re always saying compare your recorded sounds to real sounds? Well the rain falling here is individual rain drops, lots of them, so many you can be sure its really raining. Only you can hear every individual raindrop. Perfectly clearly. So clear its easy to tell some are falling on a canvas tarp- not plastic, canvas- while a lot are on the hard ground. Some splat on stone, others land in puddles.

How such a tiny amount of gray goop applied here and there makes this happen is a real mystery. But that is what I’m hearing now with Total Contact, and its only been a few days.

Full review to follow....
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The best of the silver type contact enhancers was Quicksilver, which was later replaced by Quicksilver Gold, which contained silver and gold. This is all ancient history. I’ve tried them all over the years. I’d try rabbits if I could catch em. Graphene is good too. Nobody wants that pesky micro-arcing. 
Hi guys. Ya I think the main thing is just geting a good clean connection and keeping it. That's what silver and other enhancers do. Maintain conductivity and prevent corrosion. Kind of like soldering all your connections. That's all I'm looking for. And yes it is a pain to tear down my whole system to clean all the contacts. Want to minimize having to do that.
Just spent the last couple hours adding a second set of speaker cables. Trying the Schroeder method of doubling up cables. Been wanting to try that and just picked up a second set of matching cables. Of coures applied Silclear to them as well.
One thing I will add when using Silver and anything conductive you have to be very careful not to cause a short by being sloppy with the application.
Oh and yes Mapleshade sells it.
I will admit to being a Mapleshade fan. I love the sound of their recordings. I have their vibration control systems under all my main components. The maple platforms with brass feet and rubber and cork isoblocks. I cannot argue with their effectiveness. I also have given my MMF 7.3 turntable the full mapleshade treatment and it really took it to a new level of refinement. I was intrigued with Pierre's ideas so decided to give them a try. I'm very happy with the results so far and that's what matters right? I don't have the time energy or funds to try everything out there so I tend to pick one guru or mentor and follow their advice. Been working good for me so far.