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Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today

I have a nice audio system and had a great notion to clean all my connections with alcohol and treat all the connections with Deoxit D5.  I did all the fuses as well.  Well, the result is that the system now sounds flat and lifeless as hell... way different than I previously heard.  What's up with this?  I am crestfallen...
whitestix
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uberwaltz
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Honestly sounds like you may have inadvertently mixed up an interconnect or speaker cable when replacing them all.
Maybe give them all a double check and make sure all the pos and neg are correct, easy to do for sure.

Good luck
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(+/-) speaker cables out of phase?

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I use Kontack or Unity Audio Design Signal clean pro which is just as good and gives almost twice as much with applicators.It comes in a glass bottle Kontack now uses metal(aluminum) bottle as glass can not be shipped from Europe.Good luck though!!
whitestix OP
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I checked all the connectors and they are all correct.  I figure it will settle back down soon.  Thanks.
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geoffkait
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Try reversing the interconnects. You never know.

Whatever you change something or take fuses out or clean connectors always mark everything so at least you put things back the way they were. Keep a log and take photos.
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