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 Awards and Other Honors

Extreme SST 

 

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and original 

SST

Super Silver Treatment

2005

Brutus Award

Positive Feedback Online

"...don't upgrade components until you try this product first - it's that good."

 

2004

Brutus Award

(received two awards in one year; a first!)

Positive Feedback Online

"...you aren't really hearing what your system can do until you use it..."

 

Blue Moon Award

6moons.com

"...it's one of those no-brainer inventions that even die-hard skeptics of all things tweak will embrace. The results are that obvious..."

 

Publisher's Choice Award

StereoTimes.com

 

"Best Tweak Ever"

enjoythemusic.com

Stan Ricker, 

highly-regarded LP recording

uses E-SST in his mastering system.

 

"I think that “Oh, S**t, why didn’t I think of that?” is and has been my immediate and longest-lasting impression of your SST--------- It’s so Self-Evident a super-logical way to increase the contact area of every connector in the Signal-Path!!!

CONGRATS!!   And what a difference!!   It seems as though the Dynamic Contrasts of the music that goes thru my mastering system are now TOTALLY Original-Recording limited---not cutting-system related--------especially the lowest-level tiny signals and the Impulse-type sounds like castanets and triangles……………

SST is on ALL Connectors thru-out my mastering system, and it sure does make a HELL OF A DIFFERENCE!!"  Stan Ricker

Stan is well known for his keen hearing and attention to details that some others do not understand.  "The difference is in the details," says Stan.  He has cut many highly regarded LPs for Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Crystal Clear, Telarc, Delos, Reference Recordings, Windham Hill, Stereophile, and roughly a dozen other labels, including recent work for Analogue Productions and AcousTech Mastering. He is currently the Owner/Engineer Of SRM.

 

 

For more on Stan Ricker, go to:

Stan Ricker Mastering  or

EnjoytheMusic Interview

 

Product Reviews

Customer Comments

Music Direct website September 2005

EXTREME SUPER SILVER TREATMENT  

"Is a half hour of cleaning and treating your system connections worth the upgrade in sound? You bet it is! This is simply a no-brainer. After cleaning your contacts (we recommend Caig DeoxIT!, see below) and applying Walker Audio's newest budget tweak, Extreme SST (Extreme Super Silver Treatment) to all your RCA cable ends, speaker cable leads and power cords, you will absolutely be startled in the increase in signal transfer through your system. What will this mean? Well...you will hear much better soundstaging, get a tighter and more controlled bass response and a much cleaner high frequency presentation. All the micro detail that has been getting lost through bad contact between connectors will be back and you will be shocked at how much better your system will sound! 

(Extreme SST is Cryogenically Treated!)"

 

Music Direct website September 2005  

SST - SUPER SILVER TREATMENT

"When Lloyd Walker told us he had a new formulation of silver contact enhancer that would improve sound dramatically, we were a little skeptical. Upon receipt of a sample of his new SST (Super Silver Treatment) contact enhancer, we tried it during some listening tests. Well…not only did this contact enhancer improve the sound of our reference system, it was an unbelievable improvement! We were totally caught off guard on this one. Used to treat any audio or video system, the improvements in detail retrieval, dynamics, clarity and even video image quality will have you shaking your head in amazement! Our highest recommendation!"

 

Audio Asylum Customer Review 

July 2005 by Jon L   web link 

"...The other pleasant surprise was how soundstage depth improved while soundstage volume expanded in all directions. At the same time, individual voices/instruments focused more tightly into denser sound sources without becoming unnatural "pinpoint source...Another bonus was the elimination of certain slight chaulkiness and teeny peakiness I assumed was inevitable due to use of metal (any and all metal) and dielectrics. Sound gained tremendous coherence and fluidity that I thought I had to spend $$$ to achieve (Cyberlights or Silversmith Palladiums, for example).... Overall a worthy tweak, well worth the $150 MSRP. I thought SST Extreme was overpriced in the past, but given the magnitude of honest improvement it brought, I no longer think so."

 

Positive Feedback Online 

Issue 13 May/June 2004 

by David W. Robinson  web link

Shazow! Night and day. Simple as that. Immediately noticed several benefits. First of all, the clarity and spaciousness of instruments, voices and the sound space in the recording were notably improved...I also appreciated the way that subtle nuances in female voices were delivered with greater delicacy, and a glowing detail that the untreated signal path had not achieved prior to the SST treatment...

 

Spaciousness and transparency were further heightened, with a resultant pleasant increase in image specificity. Transients were now being delivered in a way that really impressed me, and dynamic swings were noticeably more effortless. Any sense of grunge or grain in reproduction was wonderfully reduced. The dynamic range of plucked harp strings by Isabelle Perrin on FIM's Arabesque: a Journey into Harp Artistry was rendered with greater realism and improved presence...

 

Without doubt, the collective effect was nothing less than the equivalent of an important system upgrade... your choice of component! And frankly, I don't think that any single component upgrade would be quite like the collective result that I heard from the treatment of the entire signal/power path.

 

To put it bluntly: Use of Walker's SST produced a very substantial gain in system synergy. By improving the transmission of fine audio signal at every junction/interconnection point, SST moved the performance of the entire system to a higher level of system coherence. This is a bloody remarkable achievement.

 

Enjoy The Music.com 

 Audiolics Anonymous Chapter 54 March 2004

by Bill Gaw   web link

"...about three second after starting the first recording I realized that this is a contact enhancer that does not just work as described, but is the best by a tremendous margin; better than any I have ever heard and beats any tweak ever tried...The effect is immediate, but interestingly there is a significant improvement over the next three to four days...I could turn down the pre-amplifier 3dB and still get the same volume...Plus there was a significant increases in low volume information...

 

...The video connections, including RGB, component and S-video were crisper an brighter, such that I had to turn down the brightness control on my projector by 4 units out of 100. Colors were also more saturated and the image was more three-dimensional...

 

...on the tube pins for my pre-amplifier and amplifiers...You will not believe this, but all (and I mean all) noticeable tube hiss disappeared...So maybe tube hiss is not inherent to the tubes themselves, but the need for the signal to traverse the pin gaps. The effect is amazing...

 

6moons.com January 2004     

BLUE MOON AWARD

by Srajan Ebaen  web link

"... SST works like ultrasonic jewelry cleaning. If you've ever observed the before/after difference with a heavily worn id ring with a precious stone, you can relate - there's more sparkle, fire and brilliance once the jeweler is done with it.  In audio terms, the Walker treatment cranks up the volume - and not in a subtle way that might or might not be audible...

..it's one of those no-brainer inventions that even die-hard skeptics of all things tweak will embrace. The results are that obvious...My prior experiences with contact enhancers had prepared me for a rather modest forward step; but SST delivered far more. For that, it deserves an award. "

 

 

Customer Email May 2008

"I just finished my meeting and the people  asked if I had done something to the system. I asked them what they thought was different and they said vastly deeper soundstage, very transparent, and the background seemed quieter. I then took out my little magic potion and said here it is! (The "magic potion" I refer to is E-SST) They couldn't believe it.

 

 They walked over to the mid-range / tweeter cabinet of the speakers and put their ears to them and said it was so ultra low background noise...Lloyd is really unique in the industry. His inventions really work and this one works beyond anything you might imagine. I can't thank you enough...." MB

 

Customer Email April 2008

"My wife ....is the definition of skeptic. So demonstrating your product to her was a real challenge...We watched a scene from one of her favorite movies "The Big Blue...Then I treated video connections only with SST and wiped the DVD (with Ultra Vivid)....all of a sudden the stone detail on the swimming pool wall jumped out and you could clearly see the cotton weave on one of the guys pants. She just looked at me with her eyes wide open! To me it was like cleaning the TV screen that has not been cleaned in ten years and was subject to all kinds of weather elements, dry and wet. Of course I continued to treat my entire system with SST and eventually wiped all of our CDs and DVDs, about 400 of them...I (have been) a big "Walker Audio" propagator ever since..." DC

 

Customer Email Sept. 2007

"...I got my extreme SST 3 days ago and I am amazed/the best tweak I ever tried..." AHE

 

Customer Email March 2007

"...let me tell you, as a confessing audioholic, that the E-SST is the single most impressive tweak that I have ever come across. The cost/benefit ratio for this treatment is incredible. It does things to the tonal character and the decay of tones that I have never heard before. I am truly impressed!.." LE

 

Customer Email March 2007

"I have treated my entire system internally and externally (with E-SST)  as well as the mains so I know what a difference it can make.

This final treatment (of my speaker wires) has improved the sound in just about every way imaginable; better highs and lows, deeper and more precise soundstage with much clearer ambient clues. It certainly proves beyond any doubt that your product really does do what you claim for it, and that poor contacts can have a hugely negative effect." DH

 

AudioAsylum Posting January 2007

"...I must say the improvement was of the OMG (Oh My God) caliber. Much better soundstage, dynamics, transparency, and "live" character. As if all the drivers improved individually...it never ceases to amaze me that the jaw dropping improvements in my system always come from "tweaks" ..." Rballdude

Customer Email November 2006

"I just had to drop you a line to express my utter satisfaction with your "Extreme Super Silver Treatment".

 

AudioAsylum Posting September 2006

"Walker Audio Extreme SST is a superb contact enhancer that make the system sound better and also preserves the contact over time. It improves the sonics without highlighting or changing the frequency balance, it doesn't migrate, and it seals the contact from oxidation. I clean contact annually as part of an overall system check-out. With the Walker Audio E-SST, I've found no need to clean contacts more frequently." Rushton

 

Email April 2006

"I am using both your Ultra Vivid and SST products and find them both without peer." JL

 

"...The Velocitor/Extreme SST/Silent Source Signature combination has easily beat out every PC/conditioner combination I have previously tried..."  EM

 

Email April 2006

"...tonight I finished applying it (E-SST) to all my interconnects and after about an hour of listening, the sound opened up like I had hoped it would. This is the sound I've been trying to get to for years. I listen only to headphones (with a small sub in my lap to bring in the low bass.... keeping it at low volume to compliment the headphone volume level) and cannot imagine them sounding any better. Thank you so much for this product. Silver is an amazing element for audio. You're a genius! :-)" JC

 

Email March 2006

"The glories of Walker X-SST!  I finally got around to doing the home theater system and other big TVs. WOW! My cheapie (<$1500 minus the projector) theater system now sounds better than my big system ($20K+) did in San Diego  (and I thought it sounded really good, there). IMHO - even if I'd never put it in the big system, it would have been worth the $150 just for that" M

 

Email March 2006

"Just wanted you to know that your SST Treatment is the best a-v product I've ever bought. I'm not an audiophile by any means and only have an average system but aspire to better...I bought a bottle...and was amazed at the results..." ER

 

Email January 2006

"I am using your Super Silver Treatment on every connection in my system and think that it has made a vast improvement." KW

 

Audiogon Posting   January 2006

by Spencer

"...another happy ESST user chiming in here. I've applied it throughout my system from cartridge pins to tube pins, A/C plugs and cabling. A very noticeable improvement for me...It creates a blacker background, more explosive dynamics, more apparent transient speed, and best of all, the improvements are audible across the frequency spectrum..."

 

Emails September 2005

"...everything audio is exactly as you stated...Great job!" TH

 

"After cleaning every tube pin, connector, and mechanical electrical connection from the circuit breaker and beyond, several hours of music listening late into the night revealed sonic details and harmonics missing previously...OH BOY, THANK YOU LLOYD!" DS

 

“...after logging an additional five hours of listening to the SST Extreme, I have to say that I am simply blown away by the results. Somewhere around the 6th total burn-in hour, it was like the sound went into warp drive...beam me aboard Scotty. ...the difference is not subtle, digital sounds like analog in my system. Soundstage went wall to wall and beyond, the rear concert hall is just not there, you can tell the color of the paint. Space between the instruments are now much more defined and shockingly black background to die for. Before the treatment, my digital playback displayed a slight graininess and ‘digital” edge  which has now been totally eliminated. ..Once you have heard the improvement in your system, you will feel foolish for not doing it sooner....” D.P.

 

Email 2005

"SST has improved everything I have used it on and it takes so little of the stuff. I followed the instructions using small amounts and had no problems. I covered each surface with just enough to replace the shine with a "silver mist". I have put it on close to 200 pins and prongs on two stereo systems and 4 TVs and have not used a third of my supply. Sometimes the results are not immediate and sometimes not dramatic. Several days later you will be watching your small TV and notice the picture is better and stays better. My Sound Lab setup benefitted most, as you might expect, more depth to the sound stage, more ambience, very slightly better imaging." W.K.

 

Email September 2005

"Despite a healthy dose of skeptism...(I) have been absolutely astounded by the improvements it has wrought throughout my hi-fi and AV equipment. I've always used Deoxit and Progoad with good results but this is in an entirely different league. Everything has a quality and sophistication I associate with much more expensive equipment...Thanks for a truly impressive product." DH

 

Email August 2005

"...want to thank you for the sst. i am amazed by it's effects. i put it on everything...it's scary good. it did a job on my projector too. awesome picture." RG

 

Audio Asylum Posting   August 2005

by Auricle

"...Lloyd Walker's Silver Treatment for RCAs is stunningly good. I, and many others whom I respect, swear by the stuff." 

 

Email July 2005

"I broke down and bought some Extreme SST...IT ROCKS!!!! Even on my meager system!!!! WAY COOL!!!!" MW

 

Email April 2005

"I normally don't do this, but I have to say thanks for SST. I first applied it around a year ago and was pleasantly surprised at the result. I re-applied it yesterday (not even on all my wires) and damned if it didn't once again make a nice and easily noticeable improvement...I find many tweaks a PITA and not really worth the time, effort and $$. Your SST is different. When mine runs out I'll definitely be reordering. Nice going!" RW

 

Audio Asylum and AudiogoN Posting November 2004see full text at web link 

"...Extreme SST is yet another step better than the original SST...YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO USE ONE OR THE OTHER (SST) IN YOUR SYSTEM! The improvement SST provides is remarkable and should be part of every audiophiles system set-up procedure." RP

 

Email November 2004

About Extreme SST, "...HOW FAR CAN A JAW DROP! $150 dollars plus some effort and I now have an onstage seat at every concert, an ear plugged directly into the mike of every studio set. CD's, LP's, even cassettes sound gorgeous, by which I mean true and real to what was recorded. More specifically, the Extreme SST gives these characteristics to the sound:

* it dramatically lowers the noise floor

 

* detail of every description emerges effortlessly from the mix

 

* harmonic and rhythmic interplay never noticed before is clear and present

 

* dynamic shadings and timbres are so undeniably correct that you can relax about it - you are hearing real instruments

 

* bass extends down and down, becoming full without boominess, tuneful

 

* ambient detail fleshes out the sense of the original hall or studio space

 

...I have the clear impressions that almost all my recordings are new performances I've never heard before..." TL

 

Audiogon Posting November 2004

"I had everything coated with the original SST, then about a month ago I replaced it with Extreme SST and yes, it is better, does even more than the original." Oneprof

 

Emails September 2004

"I found the original SST to be a marked improvement over the very good Pro Gold products I've been using since the mid 90's... Where can you get this type of improvement for an additional $70?" davehrab

 

"What a wonderful product. I've had so much fun experimenting and enjoying all the improvements...My entire A/V system thanks you. Fantastic!" S.W. 

 

"I've got to be one of the most difficult audiophiles around, very hard to please these ears. Just had to compliment you on your Walker SST treatment....Count me in as one happy customer...best damn tweak I have ever used - period! This product gets the Nature Boy's highest review rank - five thumbs up... the results are FANTASTIC..." RJ

 

Email June 2004

"I recently purchased a bottle of your SST Super Silver Treatment with wonderful results. The word "wonderful" doesn't begin to describe the overwhelmingly positive impact SST is providing my system. I admit I initially flinched somewhat at the cost per size, as my disposable income level could be higher. However, as soon as I started applying the SST and hearing the results, I was thrilled with my purchase. Furthermore, I now realize the amount of SST in the jar could probably treat a few hundred systems...Proper application, as indicated in your well-written instructions, is a patient and careful process that is easily worth the time investment...thank you for creating and sharing this product that provide such breathtaking improvements. You may consider me a 1000% satisfied customer." D.B.

 

Letter June 2004

"I'll add one more confirmation to the many you have received that the SST is one of the most effective and least expensive improvements to an audio system. In addition to treating all external connections, I have treated the many signal carrying slip-on and bolted connections inside my Spectral preamp and amp and have had equally amazing improvements."  M.H.

 

Audio Asylum April 2004

by cdc

"Yes, (the cables) need to be broken in/burned in. If you want to take them up a notch, use Walker Audio's SST with them. For me, the SST extended the  top end without sibilance or harshness. A bit smoother midrange, tighter and a tad quicker midbass and lower frequencies. Inexpensive, yet very effective tweak. Well worth trying."

 

Audio Asylum Posting March 2004

by cdc

"I recently tried Walker Audio's SST. The first thing I did was to apply (it) to only the contacts of the PCs. NOW this sounded good! I was impressed...Believe it or not, HF smoothing (without roll off, removed a layer of glare I did not know was present) teenie bit more detail, a bit more cohesive was the music, voices sounded a bit more natural. Bass slam is increased, tighter bass and hit harder. Overall, a more musical presentation with improved timing. I did not have to try to listen for differences as with some tweaks, the above notes was obvious...SST is definitely worth trying."

 

Audio Asylum Postings  February 2004

by Norm

"Last evening I was brought to spontaneous bravos with the sound I got...this SST is outstanding...The noise floor plummets and detail soars. Not only is the image precise and full frequency range, but now there is such realism and dynamics that you can do nothing but listen..."

 

by highendman

"I just applied it to two of my power cords... and it was an improvement across the board...This stuff is amazing...It is one of those audio shockers that applying this stuff to clean contacts can have this kind of sonic effect."

 

by Joseph 2

"In my 20+ years of tweaking, SST is easily the single most effective tweak I've used. It is comparable to a positive component upgrade...This stuff is a no brainer."

 

by randallt

"I'm hearing things I've never heard before, things I always felt my system should've been capable of revealing but weren't there despite my best efforts (and $$$)...I feel like the potential of my system has been unleashed. Soundstaging, frequency response, tone, texture, resolution and focus have all be increased by at LEAST an order of magnitude...The best $75 I ever spent on my system."

 

Emails January 2004

"I just received a jar of SST today. This evening it took me two hours to treat every connection in my system...The results were fantastic - music now appears from a crystalline background and high frequencies especially seem much clearer than before. (Plus, it only took a minuscule amount of SST to do this. I must have enough for about 30 or 40 more full systems...." R.F.

 

"This stuff will knock your socks off. Fine detail on my best recordings is coming through now like never before... I've been working 30 years to improve my system, one small step at a time. This stuff is major." T.F. 

 

"I'm pretty cynical about tweaks - 99% have been useless, some have actually been quite negative. but the Walker SST just about made me dislocate my jaw from the wide grin that broke out on my face with seconds of my first listening - I really think you could be deaf and still hear it." R.H. 

 

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