Yeah, that means one had bad cables, lol
Oh no!!!
When the system was down, I disassembled the AQ Dragon Jumpers. The leftover black goop on the silver conductors originally (inside the casings) looks just like the Graphene C.E. I am using. So, I reapplied a layer on all conductors and reassembled them together. I applied black goop to all spades and banana plugs of the jumpers too. So inside conductors and outside plugs are all applied with this graphene stuff. This is the main goal since I cleaned a lot of it out when I first got them (changing arrow direction of the jumpers).
I hope I will hear better SQ tomorrow.
But I played an incredible round of golf this morning (shot 81 which I have not done for a long time) so I may hit the course again. This will give more time for the micro-stuff to bond with metal connectors better anyway.
Just stop it.
Go play golf.
Yes sir! Will play 9 holes. It’s a bit wet this. Morning, plus sore hands and back from all that golfing and handyman work yesterday.
I’ve used that stuff intermittently for years. When they say it’s easy to over apply it, they’re not kidding. If your system, sounds worse, highly likely there’s too much applied. I found it works best when you can only tell it is applied to a surface by wiping it with a clean white paper towel or Kleenex. If you can see it at all, it’s likely too much. It also didn’t make my systems sound better when applied everywhere. Some connections benefit, others don’t improve. In the end, it’s all fairly subtle and debatable if it’s worth the bother IMO. The main place I use it is on low level phono cable connections: cartridge pins and phono cable to phono preamp connections.
Yes, this is what I tried to do. But it is possible I left a bit extra here and there because there were many little spots on all my power cords. I cleaned up all fuses very well I believe.
I just turned on the system. It sounded a lot better than yesterday. But it was only on for 30 minutes so it may sound better later. The jumper deep clean alone may contribute to the great sound whether there was MS Graphene CH applied or not. All the cleaning on PC and fuses must helped too.
Anyway, I have had great SQ lately, so I am not sure if this black goop improves anything. But it has only been less than a day so it is probably too early to tell.
You should probably avoid getting that material on your hands. Better to wear some latex gloves.
That’'s why his golf game improved!
The black stuff is hard to clean, even after golfing this morning my hand still has residue. Yes, I will wear gloves since I still need to do ICs and SCs.
My wife said the sound is very nice now. Again, a good cleaning could do the trick too, and there is no way to compare since I cannot unclean the system. 
The instruction has a little explanation on this stuff. The idea of GCE is to fill the microscopic gaps in the contacts of the system to reduce resistance and noise. It works at about 80% right after applying, but will improve after 24-48 hours of being left alone. The suspended graphene particles needs time to flow into all crevices. It does not evaporate, dry or oxidize. So one application will last a long time If one doesn’t keep unplugging cables.
Well, I am not sure a good cable connector will benefit from applying this, but there is still a half bottle left so I will finish it on IC and SC this afternoon.
So there’s no way to clean the black goop off once applied? Kind of a risky experiment if that’s the case, especially on super expensive cables.
The black goop can be cleaned out easily, but not the thin coat which is supposedly left on the metal that is barely visible. It is like applying a super thin coat of oil. The ample goop is just to ensure all the surfaces of connectors are covered.
Time to wear gloves to do the next round of painting.
All this special treatment talk has me thinking - what if we removed all the oxygen from our listening room? I mean, OFC is a thing, right? So oxygen must be bad for SQ. THAT, my friends, is what is creating a barrier between us and the perfect music reproduction! I don’t have time to experiment with that right now, but I am sure some folks here, after their rounds of golf, can experiment and report back. 
If I am still alive I will.
If this hobby doesn’t kill you, you’re not doing it right 
The best way I found to apply it was a small initial application using the smallest applicator in the product’s package. Then I use a small length of pipe cleaner to gently distribute and smooth the spotty application left from the first applicator. Throw away the pipe cleaner sections as it get too saturated. All pipe cleaners aren’t created equal, some work better than others.
I will do that next year, tissues and gloves worked okay. I put it on the calendar to do a yearly service and I do not want to do it sooner. All done with SCs, and one XLR. That is it. I will let them set for 10 minutes before I put them back into the system.
This stuff gets everywhere even when I tried to be careful. Now I am going to clean the wood floor. I have no idea how it got on there. It is probably because I left some on the PCs since the dirty areas sre all around the system.
The SQ was very nice before I removed the cables, but was it because of GCE, or just the fact the contacts are cleaner now?
After I put back SC and IC maybe I can tell better if there will be further improvement or not. Anyway. for $70/bottle it was not a bad experiment. I wasted way more on other audio junks in the past.
Excellent updates Donald, keep us informed over the next few days.
Last night the SQ was addictive, but the wine was too good too. The sound seemed to be even smoother than before. However, it missed a bit of pops! Maybe graphene still working on filling pores I don’t know, my wife said I was imaging things again. 
I will turn on the system at late morning, and maybe I will hear more improvement.
The first round of GCE was applied two days ago and the system has been on for two hours. The SQ is about the same level as last night so there is no OMG moment. I do feel the sound is as smooth as ever, and the details are all there. I lost a little vividness and I believe I may have left a bit of black goop on connectors (try to apply and clean XLR pins 
). So it may take long time to reach the SQ peak.
However, I cannot say if GCE improves SQ or not because the cleaning process alone could contribute to SQ improvement too. Plus, I am the only one who “think” there is an improvement in the house.
So, I will say if you use it to put a protective layer on the metal connectors, it is not a bad idea. I threw away a bath towel and two smaller ones away, because the black goop would stick on the cloth washer surface. It got on my slippers, and on floor too. It took four hours for me to apply and carefully clean connectors, slippers, floor, and washer .
Just use Gold Pro, it is much cleaner.