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Posted by Bob Nielsen on 03/18/07 05:31
MassiveProng wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:21:40 -0700, Bob Nielsen <bob@nowhere.net> Gave
> us:
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>> MassiveProng wrote:
>>> On 16 Mar 2007 21:21:04 -0700, "shaq" <shaqtopz@aol.com> Gave us:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 16, 9:25 am, b...@wjv.com (Bill Vermillion) wrote:
>>>>> In article <mn.4ad67d73efdd7415.1...@nobody.invalid>,
>>>>> Gene E. Bloch <hamburger@NOT_SPAM.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/09/2007, Bill Jeffrey posted this:
>>>>>>>> Step away from the Monster and Acoustic Research cables! NOW!
>>>>>>>> Go towww.monoprice.comorwww.svideo.comand buy the cables
>>>>>>>> there. Generics are just as good as high priced ones. Really!
>>>>>>>> Chip
>>>>>>> Six out of six responses agree that Monster Cable and AR Cable are overhyped
>>>>>>> BS. And you know what, boys? He's going to go out and buy one of them anyway.
>>>>>>> And then come back to the group and regale us all with how wonderful they
>>>>>>> are.
>>>>>>> The BS'ers rely on the gullibility of such people - and apparently they are
>>>>>>> successful.
>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>> I read the customer reviews and testimonials on a site for some
>>>>>> kind of paint to improve the contacts on plugs & jacks. Wish I
>>>>>> could post the link, but I didn't bookmark it, and unfortunately
>>>>>> I've forgotten it.
>>>>> I remember from the past that something called Stabilant-22 and/or
>>>>> Cramolin were recommended. The former becomes conductive when an
>>>>> electrical signal is passed through.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cramolin is a contact cleaner.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can find info on either by using Google.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Most of the people seemed to use it on the audio and video
>>>>>> connections, as I would've expected, but some people used it on
>>>>>> their power cord connectors, and they raved about the resulting
>>>>>> great improvement in the sound-stage and presence.
>>>>>> Bill Jeffrey, P. T. Barnum, and H. L. Mencken were right.
>>>>> Particulary about using it on the power connectors. That goes
>>>>> right along with the bricks on the power supply and the Tice
>>>>> clocks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com- Hide quoted text -
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>>>> Check out www.deoxit.com
>>>> Lots of good stuff.
>>>> Mike
>>> Yeah... great stuff... At twenty times what it is worth.
>>>
>>> You'd have to buy it in 35 gallon drums to even get close to a
>>> decent price.
>>>
>>> I have a bridge in Brooklyn, NY I'll sell you.
>>>
>>> You'd be better off with the best.
>>>
>>> http://www.ensolv.com/P_ensolv.htm
>>>
>>> Also, very expensive industry targeted media, BTW.
>> An small amount will last for years, however. I bought a can of
>> Cramolin in 1987 and still have must of it after many uses. It was the
>> only thing I could find which worked on the ISA card contacts of the
>> Compaq Deskpro I had at the time.
>>
>>
>> Cramolin is no longer available; de-oxit is the replacement.
>
>
> So. I am not looking to replace something I didn't ever use with
> something I don't use.
>
> The ensolve is bromide based, which is what makes it so good.
>
> Better than the "cramolin replacement".
>
> Oh and ISA contacts? Sheesh, just get out the pencil eraser!
>
> Bwuahahahaha!
>
> Sounds like Compaq picked the wrong cheap chinese replacement for a
> good brand (ie AMP) connector to use on their overtly proprietary PC
> hardware. Yeah, I know that ISA isn't proprietary, but a lot of their
> CRAP was.Thanks for the laugh though.
The Compaq proprietary power connector was as bad as the ISA contacts.
I had some software incompatibilities as well (probably their BIOS).
Later I was given a Compaq laptop and it was a POS also.
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