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Both of these products are by the same company - Caig - and are used in a similar way. I can't figure what the difference is though.Any insights?
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When I treat all my connections with Pro-Gold the sound becomes a little grating for two or three days. Anybody had this happen?Regards
I have noticed some etchy sounding treble after treating the ICs that go directly from my DAC into the X-Cans Headphone amp after using Pro Gold? Never really noticed this elsewhere, but that could be due to the sensitive nature of this direct connection straight to the ole temporal lobes! Nice to know someone else hears it too!
DeOxit is for use on dirty/corroded base metal contacts and connectors. It has high anti-oxide and anti-sulfide capability.ProGold is intended for use on "precious" metal plated connectors and contacts. It has the same anti-oxide/anti-sulfide ingredients as DeOxit at a much lower concentration. ProGold has ingredients that penetrate plated surfaces to the base metal that DeOxit does not.
Cleaning connectors with DeOxit 1st and ProGold 2nd is very useful especially when vintage gear and modern cables are combined.
Eli D.
Eli Duttman wrote:"DeOxit is for use on dirty/corroded base metal contacts and connectors. It has high anti-oxide and anti-sulfide capability.
ProGold is intended for use on "precious" metal plated connectors and contacts. It has the same anti-oxide/anti-sulfide ingredients as DeOxit at a much lower concentration. ProGold has ingredients that penetrate plated surfaces to the base metal that DeOxit does not."
To me this seems backwards. Why would you want to penetrate a gold coating? To clean oxidized metals, an acid will work becuase it eats away the oxidized layer. Since gold doesn't oxidize like copper, I don't see why you would want to penetrate the layer of gold that creates a good connection.
Thanks,
Neil
ProGold prevents dendrite corrosion, "whiskers" of base metal coming to the surface. It also helps with scratches and other imperfections in plating.BTW, both DeOxit and ProGold improve connector conductivity.
Eli D.
"ProGold prevents dendrite corrosion, "whiskers" of base metal coming to the surface. It also helps with scratches and other imperfections in plating."What's dentrite corrosion? How does it prevent "whiskers" of base metal comming to the surface if it penetrates the surface metal? Wouldn't that expose the base metal anyway? I thought that gold was soft enough that it molded to whatever it's being attached to when pressure is applied. Again, why would you want to penetrate the gold layer? If there are imperfections in the plating, then why not in the base metal?
"BTW, both DeOxit and ProGold improve connector conductivity."
How does it do this? I would assume that it doesn't increase the conductivity of the conductor itself, but increasing the conductivity of the connection by removing oxidation.
Thanks,
Neil
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