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Old 07-11-2018, 06:42 PM
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Default Anyone tried Fremer's rec. to polish AC blades?

I came across this article today from Michael Fremer's Analog Planet. I was intrigued.

Jonathan Carr (above) sat on the edge of an Ekornes Stressless chair, polishing the blades of my system's AC cords with an almost sexual fervor and intensity. Carr, the talented designer of the Lyra phono cartridges, was on a mission. First we played "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio," from an original white-label pressing of Joni Mitchell's For the Roses (Asylum/Atlantic SD 5057). After the polishing—almost an hour's worth—we played it again. The difference was not subtle but enormous—as if we'd changed an expensive component. The increase in clarity and focus and the diminution of grunge and hash were easily noticeable, as was the overall richer, warmer sound.

Carr's feverish polishing, using Flitz metal-cleaner paste (www.flitz.com), Caig DeOxit, and special cloths he'd brought from Japan, is best described in another column because it might take another column. But it transformed the sound of my system and, literally, the look and feel of the AC plug blades. When Carr was done, I almost needed sunglasses to cut the glare from the satiny-smooth blades.

"Pretty amazing, isn't it?" Carr smirked knowingly."



Read more at https://www.analogplanet.com/content...RI1j0SbLdgw.99


Has anyone tried this? First order of business is to do no wrong. Anyone see any reason not to try it?

https://www.flitz.com/flitz-polish-paste/

https://www.amazon.com/Flitz-BP-0351...z+metal+polish
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