|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
97.95.45.221
In Reply to: RE: You Just de-snake oiled snake oil! posted by Lee of Omaha on April 25, 2014 at 07:59:45
Medical equipment manufacturers use this stuff and for them to assume the added expense,this stuff has to merit a noticeable electrical improvement because big companies are always looking to save money to better their bottom line.
Mcintosh used Kramolin for years and that also works well but with a different principle.It is very expensive and several other companies used it as well..
Lee,if this stuff is misused such as being slopped on the connections,it will make it sound worse because it will act like a partial high resistance short,until they clean it off and apply it the correct way. There is no way this stuff can't work well if correctly applied,and I would stake my reputation on it.
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
Follow Ups:
I used Mapleshade Silclear in my system for a couple of years, correctly (lightly) applied to all accessible connections and tube pins. For a while I liked it, but eventually I decided it made the presentation too bright and edgy, and I cleaned it off and felt my system sounded more natural and musical without it. I even threw away the unused portion of my jar rather than selling or giving it to anyone else, as a service to the cause of good sound.
The sonic effect of Silclear was kind of like looking at a beautiful woman (or flower, or whatever you like to look at) in a dark hall under a bright spotlight, or even a single bright LED, instead of daylight or normal indoor illumination. It was very clean and stark, but with an unnatural glare. This is just a visual analogy, but it captures my reaction to the stuff.
I have no idea why, in technical terms, Silclear might have negative sonic effects. YMMV and all that, but I know several audio people who have initially liked silver-based contact enhancers, and later got rid of them. FWIW Silclear is rather difficult to remove completely, so I would suggest some caution (apply it in only a few places at first, and carefully evaluate the results.)
Best luck to all,
JJ
Mike,
Of course you can blame my system for being too bright and the Silclear just revealed it. Who can say for sure? Another reason for the "honeymoon effect" (liking what the stuff does at first, but not later) could be that it deteriorates in service (maybe due to oxidation?) and needs to be cleaned off and reapplied periodically. Doing that is enough of a PITA to perhaps justify avoiding it in the first place. However, I am not telling anyone not to try it; I just urge a careful evaluation before going all-in, as very thorough cleaning (using solvent) is needed to fully remove it.
Some of the other Mapleshade tweaking products have a similar signature to Silclear, including the Optrix CD spray. Optrix at least is water-soluble, so easily reversible just by rinsing.
Best,
JJ
JJ
I was hoping somebody would bring this up about harshness because I've heard this same argument when using silver wire on amps and preamps from people.
You don't really get harshness from the SilClear or silver wire itself.What happens is,it makes the amp or preamp more revealing of the harshness that's in another part of the system and that could be the amp,preamp,speakers,or the recording,and you have to track it down. There was much talk about this with silver wire and whenever you make your audio system more revealing,you start to show the imperfections that are in most systems.There is a situation where you can pick up RF with exposed silver wire that isn't properly shielded and that can translate to noise getting into the amp and that can cause issues..
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
Post a Followup:
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: