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Re: Ultimate tweak for CD's soInics

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You hit the X-Ring in the bulls eye!

The LED that reads the laser beam reflected from the CD is sensitive to red light, well into the infrared spectrum. As the CD revolves it also "flutters", up and down, causing the laser beam to generate reflections internally and externally in the CD (the angle of incidence of a light beam equals the angle of its' reflection) which causes "confusion" (for lack of a better term) in reading the data by the LED. The 'greening' of the CD's edges kills these reflections from the edge of the CD (green is the complimentary color of red so that red mixed with green results in black i.e. no reflections from the CD edge) Blackening the edge insures no reflections from the edge. Actually, the greening may not be necessary if the edge is blackened. Pierre Spree of Mapleshade avows that the surface of CD's "is rough, with hills and valleys bending the laserbeam reading the music data. When the beam is bent, each data bit is read too early or too late. That's Jitter. Jitter causes harsh, muddy sound". Micro Smooth is said to flatten the roughness of the surface of the CD. My ears agree with him. The micro Smooth goes for $16.95 for a bottle, with polishing pad and is said to treat 275 CD's or DVD's and is sold, as most of their products are, with a 30-day satisfaction or your money back guarentee. Mapleshade has quite a lot of "sound improving" products. You can obtain a catalog by calling them @ 888/236-2753. Way recommended

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