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In Reply to: RE: No... SST posted by MannyE on October 12, 2014 at 07:08:46
.... and the less you can use, the better the result. Which makes total sense, of course. Technically speaking, if you can see anything other than the faintest dull shimmer, you've put too much on.
SST is not a Mapleshade product, Silclear is. (The reference to Mapleshade threw me off.) The BIG problem I have found with SST (when it first came out) was it caked up. A manufacturer used it on a product I own, and it was a bitch to remove from the eight fuse holders in two amps I bought. Most folks I know who used and enjoyed SST tried to never take it off. But most listeners found it sonically superior to Mapleshade's Silclear, or at least, that's what they reported here and elsewhere.
I never made a direct comparison myself, though. YMMV, and all that.
But SST or Silclear or whatever floats your boat conductive paste-wise, is fun and relatively cheap, so have have a ball!
Cheers,
WS
Follow Ups:
Yes, sorry for the confusion. I can't speak for the OP,but it was
"Silclear" that I was speaking of.
If I can come across it today I think I'll try it on the "connector pins"
of my DHC headphone cable for my Hifiman HE-6 (It honestly does'nt "need"
any help,but I'll try it anyway...Audiophiles are required to tweak everything to the point of adding another tweak to fix the 1st one)
I don't know about Silclear, but I now use Chemtronics Silver Conductive Grease. It's about 35 bucks and it comes in a handy little syringe. I did find that the SST was difficult to remove, but a little elbow grease got it right off. Not really a big deal.
I really didn't notice a difference between SST and the regular industrial stuff, but I can say that both make an astonishing difference.
YMMV and FWIW, of course.
According to the manufacturer, CircuitWorks® Silver Conductive Grease remains stable in a wide temperature range: -70 to 485°F (-57 to 252°C).
I use SST, and I like the effect, on any connectors that do not get very hot during use. However, many have reported problems with SST and other similar products when applied to the pins of output tubes in an amplifier, which get very hot. I am not sure what the problems have been, but I have duly avoided using the grease on output tube pins.
As one might expect, IMO, the most profound positive effect of SST is to be had by applying it to connectors in the phono chain, starting with the cartridge pins. However, less is more, as someone else said. A small jar from Walker Audio lasts nearly forever (now that Walker supplies some oil to re-suspend the sludge periodically), so hang the cost.
I put the stuff on EVERYTHING. Very carefully and less is more. Never had an issue. And my 2A3 output tubes got pretty hot.
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