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In Reply to: RE:polishing posted by Æ on August 15, 2011 at 19:51:31:
Tried it a long time ago, but am sticking to more generalized polishes these days. In general the precious metal plating surfaces rarely need polishing, the ones that do need polishing are the the brass, and steel interfaces (like tube pins. Simichrome, and another brand called Autosol (the best I've ever tried) work well on those metals. Using a fiber wheel, steel tube pins can be buffed to a mirror shine in a few seconds.
The polished steel tube pins gives noticeable top end extension to the frequency response and better fine detail. Apparently the tube pins of most tubes are oxidized at the factory in order to improve adherence to the class envelope. The metal surface needs to be slightly porous for the glass to make an effective seal. I guess gold is slightly porous as I've seen plated pins going right through the glass.
Stu
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