I purchased a jar of Black Cream at Christmas and have, since then, been steadily treating interconnects, power cables and all the magnetic items I could lay...
Whilst working through sites on which to apply those wonderful little squares that come with the Black Cream, I fell back on some old suggestions with...
I will add a small story of my own to Richard's. Peter and I had a small (but friendly !!) argument just before Christmas. Whenever Peter is working on some...
Off topic, a little bit: I rescued this potent little tweak from deep within the PWB Newsletter archives. Obtain a pack of 14-inch long black plastic cable...
Many thanks for the rescue mission, Geoff! Never read thereof although I have been spending hours cruising the archives. Is it essentiell, that the cable ties...
Dear All, Thanks to Geoff for that hint. I'll try that soon. For all you Brits out there, B&Q are selling cable ties at £1 for about a dozen. Talking of PWB...
Heiko, Anything you wish to use will be effective, providing you give it the minimum PWB treatment - as described by Geoff. That is 'creaming' with ...
Brian, You just need to cut the corners of a rectangle to stop it being a rectangular shape. So, you would end up with eight sides. There is no optimum...
With all of the coverage about the TV, I thought I'd share a revelatory moment about radio. In England at present, there is a lot of fuss about the quality of ...
Hi all- I'm still working on treating and tuning my new/old Shahinian Obelisks and came up with this question: which cream do I use on the woofer and passive...
... Black rectangles and Violet squares in Vol. 6 No2, if my memory serves me correctly. We are in the middle of decorating the lounge/ diner, stairwell and...
A similar thing happened to me the other night. At about 1130 pm I was watching a DVD of The West Wing (superb series) and decided that as the Central Heating...
Refer to the last posting from Geoff Kait. **************************** (From P.W.B. HQ - Copied below) **************************** Off topic, a little bit: I...
In reply to your question James " which cream do I use on the woofer and passive radiator cones? I've previously applied the standard Cream Electret, ...
Dear all, The March 07 edition of Hi--fi News carries yet another small article by Janine Elloit, this time homing in on the new Black Cream ( mentioning the...
Don't know when it started, but for the past few years I have steadily resisted letting the Electricity Board change our Electricity meter. By law, they are...
Richard, Thanks for your comments. I was aware that there was a thread on the Stereophile forums and that PWB was, once again, getting a bashing from the...
Having a few days off, and rather like Brian, I am using them to reach into dark places with PWB devices. Top of my priorities has been to apply more Black...
Hello All Various Yahoo Groups are having problems. I sent a message to this groups regarding May's article on the 1st March and did not receive an E-mail with...
It is about twenty years now since I first came across Peter Belt discussed in the hi-fi press and, before that, I was aware of some of his more conventional...
... While we're reminiscing here.... it was also about twenty years now since I first came across Peter Belt discussed in the British Hi-Fi Press (I knew he...
Nice one Kevin, your thoughts are much appreciated. It IS difficult to think what might be the 'magic' words, or persuasive sentence, or what might be the...
Hello all, Cico, can you describe how you notch the plug ,ie: do you file across the blades or across the face of the blades, or something else entirely? On a...
Michael, I file a single notch with an x-acto knife across the flat face of the blade, as well as on the other side (both sides of each of the two blades)....
Hi Cico_buff Does the notch have to run the length of the plug blade or run perpendicular to the plug blade, i.e., up-and-down, or does this make any...
During the 1980s many of the Hi Fi Magazines were running articles advising people that if they took the trouble to clean the pins of their power plugs they...