This is the first of what will be an ongoing open discussion about what we all hear, or don't when using graphene applications.
Before I get to my findings there are a few observations.
1. It is like Caig Pro Gold in that the smallest amount that will give coverage is what you want. No doubt... it gets a tad messy.
2. Tube pins and sockets are a no brainer. 395 degree F is plenty of tolerance
3. Use it on your highest gain, lowest signal components first. This includes AC cable and receptacle applications. It is easier to follw just what is happening sonically than working from the heavy lifters like amps first. When it comes to audio... any form of audio, not just digital : GIGO. Clean up the most delicate aspects of the signal chain first. I'm not sure why a lot of people just don't understand it.
On to my qualifications and observations.
The graphene is a viscuous oily concoction that looks like it contains, uhm... graphite. Smells like mineral oil. I applied this concoction to one of my cryoed Hand Polished P&S 5362A receptacles that is my reference of comparison. It is very neutral, has a firm controlled LF, organic mids and bell like highs. Great standard commercial receptacle. The challenge is getting a very thin coating on contacts that are inside the recpetacle. I did mine while the receptacle was apart after polishing and ultrasonic cleaning. I installed it into my breakin in fixture, plugged in a load and let it cook for about 5 days with a 7A load. Then it went into a DigiBUSS+ prototype and fed the DAC and mini whose contact had been treated.
What did I or did I not hear?
Not much.
I did not hear the inherent noise in the electrical connections that were there before. This took quite a whie to figure out, even with me being the Noise Hunter in AC and DC. This was a subtle, but welcome addition (subtraction) from an already very low noise floor in my system. My system at present is a tiny one that just makes music. Bare bones as I am a less is more guy anyhow. I'm working on new speakers that should be online shortly after New Years...
Removing noise is my Holy Grail. Every bit of noise that is removed from a system gives a system that is spending its effort in reproducing the music and not that insidious noise that is there is 90% of the systems in use.
Basically what I heard was a reduction in that small amount of hair that is exemplary of very low level noise. The spurious sizzles, ticks, extremely low level hums... all of that crap is musical energy waiting to happen. The net is a smoother presentation with delicate highs and intimate mids with a tuneful low end. I like a nice firm bottom.
For me graphene treatment is a no brainer. I will be using it on all of my power filtration products in the future. My bottom line: I was listening and said "Nice" out loud to an empty room, save me and Marc Cohn.
Talk to Charles Rollo. It is like chicken soup : It couldn't hurt!