[Peter]

I wonder if anyone in this group has any experience with a contact cleaner
made in the UK called "Kontak" which appears to be only sold in the USA by
Galen Carol Audio Systems?

Supposedly Kontak leaves no residue whatsoever, but what might make it
superior to 99% Isopropyl Alcohol for contact cleaning, a Galen Carol sales
person could not tell me.

I am also still somewhat confused as to the pros and cons of DeoxIT vs. Gold
DeoxIT vs. Stabilant 22A, and the possible negative results of the residue
which these products leave behind?

I also read that Stabilant 22A must be replaced each time a connection, such
as an XLR connection, is taken apart, whereas this is supposedly not true
with either of the DeoxIT or the Gold DeoxIT products.

I will be most grateful for any comments regarding the above.

Thank you in advance.

[Audio_Empire]

In article ,
"Peter" wrote:

I wonder if anyone in this group has any experience with a contact cleaner
made in the UK called "Kontak" which appears to be only sold in the USA by
Galen Carol Audio Systems?

Supposedly Kontak leaves no residue whatsoever, but what might make it
superior to 99% Isopropyl Alcohol for contact cleaning, a Galen Carol sales
person could not tell me.

I am also still somewhat confused as to the pros and cons of DeoxIT vs. Gold
DeoxIT vs. Stabilant 22A, and the possible negative results of the residue
which these products leave behind?

I also read that Stabilant 22A must be replaced each time a connection, such
as an XLR connection, is taken apart, whereas this is supposedly not true
with either of the DeoxIT or the Gold DeoxIT products.

I will be most grateful for any comments regarding the above.

Thank you in advance.

Stabilant 22A is a contact ENHANCER, and DeoxIT products are contact
CLEANERS. Stabilant works. Even NASA uses it as does the US military
(it even has a mil-spec number) and the US automotive industry. I have
solved many an electrical bug-a-boo in my Italian sports car with
Stabilant 22A.

As far as audio is concerned, if you think about it, Stabilant is
probably redundant. While it's always a good idea to keep one's mating
surfaces clean on both interconnect interfaces and switch contacts. A
good contact already has pretty close to zero resistance anyway, so what
is better than NO resistance? In aerospace and even in cars, vibration
is an issue, and Stabilant ostensibly reduces failure in contacts due to
connections moving around. But a stereo system is pretty quiescent once
the various connectors are mated, and unless you have connections of
different materials (such as tin on gold, or tin on silver, etc.)
There's probably no point.

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[gregz]

Audio_Empire wrote:
In article ,
"Peter" wrote:

I wonder if anyone in this group has any experience with a contact cleaner
made in the UK called "Kontak" which appears to be only sold in the USA by
Galen Carol Audio Systems?

Supposedly Kontak leaves no residue whatsoever, but what might make it
superior to 99% Isopropyl Alcohol for contact cleaning, a Galen Carol sales
person could not tell me.

I am also still somewhat confused as to the pros and cons of DeoxIT vs. Gold
DeoxIT vs. Stabilant 22A, and the possible negative results of the residue
which these products leave behind?

I also read that Stabilant 22A must be replaced each time a connection, such
as an XLR connection, is taken apart, whereas this is supposedly not true
with either of the DeoxIT or the Gold DeoxIT products.

I will be most grateful for any comments regarding the above.

Thank you in advance.

Stabilant 22A is a contact ENHANCER, and DeoxIT products are contact
CLEANERS. Stabilant works. Even NASA uses it as does the US military
(it even has a mil-spec number) and the US automotive industry. I have
solved many an electrical bug-a-boo in my Italian sports car with
Stabilant 22A.

As far as audio is concerned, if you think about it, Stabilant is
probably redundant. While it's always a good idea to keep one's mating
surfaces clean on both interconnect interfaces and switch contacts. A
good contact already has pretty close to zero resistance anyway, so what
is better than NO resistance? In aerospace and even in cars, vibration
is an issue, and Stabilant ostensibly reduces failure in contacts due to
connections moving around. But a stereo system is pretty quiescent once
the various connectors are mated, and unless you have connections of
different materials (such as tin on gold, or tin on silver, etc.)
There's probably no point.

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Stabilant is mostly alcohol solution, so it does clean.

Greg