Contact cleaner

[Stranraer]

Evening all. Not saying I was bored today but I spent twenty minutes cleaning the speaker cable connectors with contact cleaner, and did the same with the inside of the speaker terminals using a Qtip.
It's made a noticable diffference to the sound. Anyone else tried this ?

[Barry]

Simply unplugging and remating the connectors can often make the same improvement.

[Gazjam]

Evening all. Not saying I was bored today but I spent twenty minutes cleaning the speaker cable connectors with contact cleaner, and did the same with the inside of the speaker terminals using a Qtip.
It's made a noticable diffference to the sound. Anyone else tried this ?

Yup,
I use Deoxit Gold on all my connections, noticable difference in sound with my gear.

Good hifi hygene, worth doing.

[Stranraer]

Yup,
I use Deoxit Gold on all my connections, noticable difference in sound with my gear.

Good hifi hygene, worth doing.

It'll be a pain in the backside getting round behind the hifi to get to the interconnects.
Any thoughts on whether it would make a significant difference ?

[Macca]

It'll be a pain in the backside getting round behind the hifi to get to the interconnects.
Any thoughts on whether it would make a significant difference ?

only if they're really soiled.

I cleaned mine a few years back now, never been done before. I was expecting plugs and sockets to be filthy. But there was not a trace of dirt on the cotton bud, not the slightest blemish.

Not sure I would bother if it's a major pain to access them.

[Stranraer]

Just what I wanted to hear, ta.
Maybe a few more weeks of gloomy, cold weather will inspire me to try but I'd rather drink wine and play some tunes frankly.
If it does improve things should I keep it to myself ?

[Barry]

In my case it is a total pain to pull out all the source gear, even to change connections, let alone to mess about with Q-tips. Fortunately all the sockets are gold plated, as are the pins of the plugs.

[Pigmy Pony]

Just what I wanted to hear, ta.
Maybe a few more weeks of gloomy, cold weather will inspire me to try but I'd rather drink wine and play some tunes frankly.
If it does improve things should I keep it to myself ?

Not at all. If you hear an improvement then it's worthwhile. Then folk are free to try it for themselves. Or not. If you were trying to tell people a five thousand quid fuse would transform their listening that would be different.

[Barry]

Not at all. If you hear an improvement then it's worthwhile. Then folk are free to try it for themselves. Or not. If you were trying to tell people a five thousand quid fuse would transform their listening that would be different.

But what if cleaning the end caps of the fuse and the corresponding contacts of the fuse holder made a difference? ;)

[walpurgis]

Especially if the fuse polarity is correct :).

[Pigmy Pony]

But what if cleaning the end caps of the fuse and the corresponding contacts of the fuse holder made a difference? ;)

Then you would have a perfectly clean audiophile fuse for a bargain price £5,020 :)

[Jimbo]

I cleaned the dust off my turntable last week and everything sounded definitely clearer and less muffled.:)

[Barry]

I cleaned the fluff off my stylus and that improved matters! :lol:

[Macca]

I think there would need to be enough accumulated crud to raise resistance to a level where it was significant - that's a lot of crud required.

A good analogy would be spending a couple of hours cleaning the car inside and out, then going for a drive and enjoying it more because the car is spotless. But the actual performance metrics have not changed from when it was a shit-tip.

[Jimbo]

I cleaned the fluff off my stylus and that improved matters! :lol:

I need to clean the fluff out my ears next!:lol:

[Jimbo]

I think there would need to be enough accumulated crud to raise resistance to a level where it was significant - that's a lot of crud required.

A good analogy would be spending a couple of hours cleaning the car inside and out, then going for a drive and enjoying it more because the car is spotless. But the actual performance metrics have not changed from when it was a shit-tip.

Yeah but polishing the car makes it goes faster as there is less wind resistance !:lol:

[Macca]

Yeah but polishing the car makes it goes faster as there is less wind resistance !:lol:

And clearing out all the MacDonald's wrappers and empty cans of red bull reduces weight.

[Gazjam]

£7 for a tube of Deoxit Gold and a half hour of your time...

Naa,
Us audiophiles are content without that Schennanigans... :eek:

[Lawrence001]

£7 for a tube of Deoxit Gold and a half hour of your time...

Naa,
Us audiophiles are content without that Schennanigans... :eek:Why do that if you can buy a set of new cables to try for a few hundred instead?

[Macca]

Why do that if you can buy a set of new cables to try for a few hundred instead?

but how do you know they are clean when you take them out the wrapper?

[Lawrence001]

You won't it should still be an upgrade though if they're more expensive and only as dirty as your old ones.

[Pigmy Pony]

Yeah but polishing the car makes it goes faster as there is less wind resistance !:lol:

Just don't be taken in by all the bullshit audiophile car polish makers try to bamboozle you with, like lowered noise floor with your car stereo. I've found I get less wind resistance and so better performance if I only drive when it's not foggy :)

[Gazjam]

Dont just talk about it, Try it out ya bunch of filthy Apes!

£7 for a tube of Deoxit, perfect Christmas gift. :D
(And it works)

[Stranraer]

I've only had time to skim read this, but sounds like I need a tube of Deoxit in my petrol.
I'll let you know how it goes............ :bike: