JackD201 wrote:Truth be told, it is not an approach I would recommend to people that do not have significant traces of OCD in their DNA
I can say I'm not OC. I try not to.
Many years ago, a good friend and very fanatical audio hobbyist gave me a verbal rubdown on why I don't constantly clean my RCA plugs of my ICs and the RCA jacks of my electronics. He then gifted me a pack of cotton buds that fit snugly the holes of the RCAs in my pre amp's jacks. Sakto sakto talaga. So I took his advise, stuck in some buds with a teeny bit of alcohol, and cleaned a few jacks till on the last one, when I pulled out the cotton bud, NAWALA ANG COTTON! NAIWAN SA LOOB NG Jadis line ko!!! %$^$&%*%^(^&($%$^%$^ !!!!!!!!!! Trying not to panic because I do not wish to call a technician for such a silly job of plucking out a piece of cotton in my RCA jack, I thought hard. AHA! Have to find the longest sewing needle in the house. Frantically asked my wife where she put the sewing kit. Startled, she though I was into sewing stitches for picture frames. No, no, no, it's for my preamp! She looked even more bewildered. I said just give it to me and I'll explain later. Have to whip out a darn heavy flashlight and start making sungkit the cotton. I see it but it was kinda way in but a little was visible. Finally, with much sweat and near tears, I was able to yank the darn %$%$^&%*^*(&(#$#%^ cotton out. Whew! Lesson: Do not be OC. And guess what, after all the cleaning, my overall sound became more clinical and more sterile than before. Tunog ospital! (With due deference to our friendly doctors here). So if OCS is not in your DNA, please don't attempt to put it in.