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Post Subject: Greased LightningPosted by Paul S on: 3/15/2009
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Today I OCD'd my way through every freaking connection in my system, cleaning all connectors, daubing them with dielectric grease and re-connecting them. Included were electrical plugs, RCA jacks and plugs, tube pins and sockets, cartridge pins and ground connections.
After I finished the task, I fired up the system and held my breath.
No problems, at all. In addition to the increased clarity that usually comes after cleaning I noticed a distinct general calming of HF. After the amps warmed up, the HF exhibited that rare and coveted quality of being "off" unless there was musical information present. This gives the HF a watered-down version of the "spikey" quality it has in live music, and this is something I just don't hear from hi-fi. Pretty cool.
Now, let's see if it holds up better than the Caig, etc...
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