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
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Perhaps this observation has been made; connectors are shafts and blades that fit snugly into tubes and sheaths and also are spades clamped down onto surfaces, all being metal that has been either drawn through dies, cast or machined and then surfaced with gold, rhodium, etc.  Just how perfectly round is the shaft or the tube that receives it? How smooth are the surfaces?  Under electron microscopy, you may just see there is little contact made along these mated surfaces relative to their total area, and that there are large peaks and valleys along the way. A contact enhancer that has some conductive property and the ability to conform to the irregularities mentioned would make up much of the area not contacted by the imperfectly made materials. Is this product so unbelievable as many would claim?  Not if you think about what it may achieve.....I imagine it acts something like solder in a different form.........     
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I can see how this product can fill the metal void on connectors and contacts. I try to cover with minimal amount, it spreads far and wide. 

I am in trial with connections and surfaces that have a mutual boundary and share some motion and energy flow. Hope to hear a positive result with a very thin application.Tom
Good day! This is Tim Mrock developer of the new Total Contact.
I have spent most of my spare time the last 15 or so years playing with contact enhancement.  Early on after trying several, I tried Quicksilver Gold, top of the class for sure, actually cutting edge. The real genius in Brian's product was the binder.  He was taken back with what I was enhancing.

I had nothing to do with his product development! I was the art guy,
or creative applications. I also became the money guy as well for the patent pursuit. Took MY SWEAT EQUITY out of my home to go for the patents.

The problem with Quicksilver was to much binder and the fact you had to mix it. It does not take a rocket scientist to realize with that set up, that it is impossible to control the quality of the product. I never experienced degradation with it, but I poured most of the binder out
before mixing.

I have very intimate knowledge with all available contact enhancers.
Could go on and on, however that is not what this thread is about.

Total Contact is a engineered product. If you think it is as simple as
A+B+C, and a little Cryo, and bingo, it is not, and by a long shot.

I also saw it put out there that TC cost nothing to make, oh really?
You are welcome to contact me, come over and show me how its done!
I cant wait!

I have loved Audio and Music since I was little kid, I hate snake oil
as much as anyone. Tweaks they have to make big improvements
for me or well, a no go.

I also see TC is being called goo, actually the correct terminology would
be Cold Plating Compound. Goo would migrate, TC does not. I also suspect goo would not clean up or remove easily, again not the case with TC.

What happens after it has fully polymerized, and you want to remove it?
Alcohol will easily break it down for removal.

 If a connection is broke after it has polymerized if the connection is put back together exactly the same ,like a XLR or power plug it will self repair, at least once, I have not tried multiple times.

As far as the amount vs price, all I can say is less is more with this product it just goes on and on, like the testers have said. More than enough to do a really big system.

If TC is anything less than what has been claimed sonic-ally, It will be done within a month or less after the first tubes are sent out,that's a fact.

The only drawback with this new product is shelf life, 6 months for sure.
Longer not sure. If the product is well received I will invest in a special mixer that will air-rate the compound that will dramatically increase shelf life.

I will before product launch load our system in virtual systems just to
show we do have real skin in the game. I will also make the room available by appointment to anyone who would like to hear what music sounds like without micro arcing all the way to the electric meter, over 1000 connections in our case. We live 25 minutes to Manchester International Airport. Its worth the trip!

I honestly cannot be anymore transparent, or genuine then what I have posted.

The launch of TC will be exclusively through Audiogon & their Express
checkout. The 9th is in 3 days not going to happen, confident I can make it by the 15th or close to it. 

As a member of this community meeting the expectations of fellow
audio,  music lovers is more important to me than anything else!
   
I would like to thank everyone for their interest!