AV Care & Maintenance
Contact cleaners, cleaning fluids, cable management, brushes and burn-in discs. Maintenance products that keep an existing system performing as it should.
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Maintenance that pays for itself
Contact cleaning is the most effective thing in this section. Every plug and socket in a system oxidises over time, and the resulting resistance costs detail and dynamics. On a system that has sat untouched for years, cleaning and reseating every connection often gives a bigger improvement than the last cable upgrade did.
Use a product designed for electrical contacts rather than a general cleaner, apply it sparingly, and let it dry before reconnecting. Disconnect equipment from the mains first. Screen and cabinet cleaning fluids should be specific to the surface, since a fluid that is safe on a television panel is not necessarily safe on a lacquered speaker cabinet.
Cable management is the free upgrade most systems never get. Keep mains and signal cables separated, cross them at right angles where they have to meet, and avoid coiling excess length into a loop, which turns the cable into an aerial. Burn-in discs run a signal through a system to settle new cable, and are the practical option for cable that has already been installed. Anything bought here can have up to 96 hours of Vidar burn-in applied free before it ships, so a disc is only needed for cable bought elsewhere.
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£24.58Ex. VATThis recording takes your system through a full workout of frequencies and tonal changes that is specifically designed to stretch your system’s components and bring new life into your music. -
£14.99Ex. VATThe DeoxIT® Gold coating is excellent at reducing wear abrasion, arcing, RFI and intermittent connections and improves connector performance/reliability. Ideal for gold plated surfaces.
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£9.16Ex. VATThe DeoxIT® Gold coating is excellent at reducing wear abrasion, arcing, RFI and intermittent connections and improves connector performance/reliability. Ideal for gold plated surfaces.
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£337.50Ex. VATThe new destat III is incredibly easy to use as it removes dust and static charge from audio/video media in just one 15 second treatment – now with 30% more zapping power. -
£50.00Ex. VATECO 3X should be used when installing new cables and be applied about once every two weeks or more frequently depending upon the environment. -
£18.00Ex. VATClean-IT is an electrical contact enhancer that has been specially developed for use with audio and AV equipment. It features a fast-acting deoxidizing solution that cleans, conditions, lubricates and preserves, improving the conductivity of all metal connectors and contacts. -
£25.00Ex. VATThis new CD created by IsoTek aims to improve your system’s sound by ensuring it is correctly set-up and ready to perform at its best. -
£25.00Ex. VATA variety of tracks featuring specially developed algorithms, which create a unique set of signals to reduce burn-in time and ‘run-in’ equipment. -
£137.50Ex. VATFurutech's Nano Liquid is a contact enhancer designed to protect new connectors and enhance older ones. Because no surface is perfectly smooth, the Nano Liquid is created to fill in the microscopic bumps and divots present in any connector which, in turn, means a superior connection between the plug and binding post. The inclusion of squalene oil not only removes oxides, but also creates a protective film on the surface of the metal to prevent future oxidisation, meaning that this nano liquid is the perfect treatment for any connection. -
£20.79Ex. VATAudioQuest’s CleanScreen offers a complete cleaning system that removes unwanted build-up on delicate glass surfaces without fear of scratching, smearing, or creating static electricity. -
£10.79Ex. VATThe GooBay flexible wiresleeve keeps all your cables together as one, and keeps the back of your equipment looking all neat and tidy. -
£37.50Ex. VATThis test CD contains everything that you need to get a system sounding its best – and keep it that way.
