Cleaning Your Cables

[admin_exported]

Hi Guys, As I am fully aware that cleaning your cables will bring added benifit to your system and my Van Den Hul RCA interconnect is very old and doesnt look all nice and shiny at the RCA ends anymore. (The reason I know that they should be nice and shiny is that one end of the RCA cable still is and he other 3 look old and dirty).

What is the best solution to clean RCA cables? I would only like Hifi suggestions and not Kitchen applicance suggestions please 😛

I am sure there is a liquid you can buy but cannot remember much about it. Has anyone had/done any cable cleaning lately?

Ps. I tried to upload my System Setup Pictures Yesterday - is there no way to upload pictures from my Hard Drive to the website? Thanks

 

[Dave_]

i use contact cleaner, see here, as for posting pics, you cant upload them directly to the site. you need to use a hosting site such as photobucket or flickr then post the links

 

[Anonymous]

Thx Daveh, youve addressed everything I needed.

 

[DistortedVision]

I'd recommend DeoxIT from Caig Labs Inc for cleaning and treating the connectors of your cables:

http://www.caig.com/

 

[Sliced Bread]

Anyone here noticed any sonic differences after cleaning cables (interconnects / speaker cables etc). I would find out for myself, but I'm too damn lazy.

 

[Anonymous]

Oxidation on contact areas in plugs/connections increases the electrical impedance of what is being transmitted down the line.

Ensuring that good contact is maintained does improve performance.
Every 6 mths I do remove oxidisation on Mains plugs, speaker connections, keeping everything in tip top condition.