Which cleaning agent do people recommend for cleaning the plugs and sockets of their equipment and where do you purchase it from?
Cheers, Steve
Naim do not - strongly suggest don’t - recommend any cleaning agent for DIN or RCA plug/socket connections; the DIN plugs are self cleaning wipe contacts, one or two (only) pull/push (in & out) once or twice a year is all thats needed.
I use DeoxIT on power plugs & sockets when new, that seems to last a long long time. I don’t see any point in cleaning tarnished power plug pins as the same tarnish can’t be removed in the sockets - that’s why I squirt DeoxIT into them when new.
I prefer plug and reply, but used to hate it with a big box count system as took a while to come back on song, especially if I decided to do some Mana glass ringing checks.
A dealer keeps pushing me to try a cleaner from Acoustic Revive.
I just ordered another two MCRU silver unswitched double wall sockets, as the old ones were fitted a few years ago and are probably tarnished somewhat inside their jaws and the terminations. At £60 for both and an hour or so fitting, not so bad. I use the kontak audio cleaner and usually order it from amazon or look around the online stores of dealers at £20. If the top is kept screwed tight should last a couple of years.
I use servisol contact cleaner …occasionally
I use pure isopropyl alcohol for electronics stuff generally, but not the DIN sockets.
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