What They Says

The Grado now sounds like a fast Koetsu Rosewood MC. The phono stage is vast and wide. The dynamic range is wide. You can track instruments at their lowest volume levels and follow individual instruments even when everyone in the orchestra recording is playing at FFF. JUST SIMPLY AMAZING! Top end air extends way out.

You can clearly hear the recording venue the engineer recorded in. On certain recordings, you swear you’re in the recording booth with the engineer and the real recording artist singing the vocal is in the living room with you. My best LP's don't sound like LP's but a real live performance in front of you. Harry James live on direct disk sounds just like the band is transported in front of you. I know what live music sounds like, as I've been playing trombone for the past 33 years, with the past 15 years playing in my local symphony. I've also played in a semi pro jazz band for 6 years and have done many live recordings.

I highly recommend this QuickSilver Contact Enhancer, and it will take a nice audio system and transport you to the actual live event. You hit a home run with this stuff. Keep spreading the word on what this enhancer can do to an audio system. I will definitely get the word out on Audiogon posts Vinyl posts or any other way I can! I'M A REAL HAPPY LISTENER!”
Don Curry · Sedro Wooley, WA

"First of all, I want to thank you for the opportunity to audition your latest creation – the QuickSilver Contact Enhancer. What can I say about my experience with QuickSilver Contact Enhancer… simply two words. Holy-cow! Just after the initial break-in period, I experienced a whole new level of quietness previous not heard before from my audio system. What were the pros and cons to using this product? Well on the pros-side, there are just too many performance improvements to list. What are the cons? By NOT using QuickSilver, I simply wasn’t getting everything that I paid for from my audio system!!! Thanks for developing another fantastic audiophile product!"
Aaron Hardy · Puyallup, WA

"Anyway, skepticism firmly in place, I listened to an intro I know well on a finely engineered recording I've played quite a few times in the past week – and yes that sounded as detailed as I could imagine it could be. I then applied the QuickSilver paste to one connection only, on one end of the XLR digital cable that already has silver pins. I replayed the track: the additional detail and resolution was astonishing! Not really subtle – but new, subtle details became immediately obvious.”
Stuart Smith · Audio Atmosphere · Staffordshire, UK

Initial Audio Asylum Post: "First impressions (Video only). I've been curious about the various contact enhancers available, given the positive claims and testimonials. I'd read over at Audiogon that those who have compared the numerous brands available have chosen QuickSilver as the best.

Well today my QuickSilver Audio and Video Contact Enhancer arrived. I've only had enough time to use in our Video system. In a word… "WOW"! I had to reconfigure the settings on our Sony VPH1272 projector. Immediately, I noticed better definition, much higher contrast, brighter white level, and the colors seemed more real, more clear and realistic. All this with just applying it to the S-VHS cables and the RGB BNC connectors on both the Sony projector and the line doubler.

I'm going to tackle the audio system this weekend and will report back my findings then. I understand that there is break in time involved with this conductive contact enhancer, so I imagine that what I'm seeing will only get better. As it is, without any break in, I'm now noticing minute details in the few test movies we've tried, for example, noticing that a suit was really pin striped where before it appeared a solid color; Noticing minute details in the back ground which were hazy before. This stuff is really increasing the resolution! While I haven't tried QuickSilver on audio yet, I strongly recommend it for any Video system. If it works as well on Audio as it does on Video, expect another QuickSilver praise thread...”

Second Audio Asylum Post: “Okay, I admit it, I tried the Quick Sliver, (QS from here on), on my single ended connections between the TRL player and the TRL GTP-4 pre-amp. THESE CONNECTIONS ONLY. This is important. I left the player on repeat and left it for a full 36 hours (also important).

Initial thoughts: I was a little scared. The first song I'd played was "North Dakota" by Lyle Lovett. He has a little lisp in his voice and right off the bat, this became MUCH more evident. It almost made it stand out, where before it blended, or perhaps better said, was masked into the mix. I played Ben Harper's beautiful singing on the traditional Gospel tune "Ready" just to make sure it was just that song. It was.

Okay, then I left it on repeat for 36 hours. Well, at 5 AM this morning, our Golden Retriever needed to go outside, and why not go listen to music? No distractions and the power is cleaner (fewer users, etc.). Drum roll please.... You have a real winner, Brian."
Jack Seaton · Spokane, WA

"I first wiped off all the SST in my system with some Kleenex. No rubbing alcohol, DeoxIT...nada (for those inmates that will claim cleaning off the contacts well made all the difference). I applied it to all my AC plugs, IEC male pins, interconnect pins, outside the female RCA barrels, and all the contact points inside my Monster HTPS 7000 (shut up I didn't know better at the time). Since QuickSilver is not as thick as SST, it is more difficult to apply evenly. It takes a little more care to ensure an even coat, but you'll learn how to apply it more efficiently with practice.

I sampled very different genres of music. First was Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power, next was various Trance, Drum and Bass, and House cd's, and lastly was Sarah McLachlan's Surfacing album. All displayed improved bass response, the noise floor dropped another level, and the instruments seemed to have more seperation from each other. The biggest improvement was on Sarah McLachlan's voice. It sounded so real like I was at a show! Awesome stuff. I won't get into the super fine details as you've all heard it a million times before. Just know it does what SST does only better. I am not as much an audiophile as videophile, and video is where Quick Silver REALLY flexes it's muscle.

HOLY COW! Video performance from DVD's, standard cable, and especially video games from my PS2 was out of the park! The resolution and clarity of the picture was greatly enhanced as was color and that sense of 3D. Images seemed to seperate more from their backgrounds. QuickSilver also cured two issues that had been ailing my video set-up. It somehow greatly reduced "Red Push" coming from my JVC HD CRT set, and eliminated the white, fuzzy "halo" effect around small white or yellow text (i.e., the ticker at the bottom on the screen on ESPN). And Madden 2005 never looked so good! All my reference games and DVD's improved and left me with one big fat grin on my face. Things have only improved over the weekend as the product has settled in.

I could not be more impressed with this new product! Brian and the people at Xtreme AV deserve immense success for creating this fantastic product. I have the utmost respect for Lloyd Walker and his products that I've listened to, but he should take notice. QuickSilver SLAYS standard SST for the same price and is half the price as his SST Extreme. Do yourselves a favor and pick this stuff up. A cryo'd silver contact enhancer for $64.95 is a no-brainer to me.”
David Schauss· Bellevue, WA