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Sand and black your CDs.....also demagnetize and destatic

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Ric Schultz

In Reply to: RE: What would U guys suggest.............. posted by kenster on May 21, 2007 at 04:44:07

A customer was over the other day picking up his modded Oppo player.....he brought some CDs and was listening to my system using my modded Oppo. We played a disc of his that was a Cello and Organ duo....really interesting....however when we first played it all I was doing was being a critic in my head.....I kept thinking "the Cello sounds nasal, the ambiance is fuzzing up the imaging", etc. I asked him if I could sand the edges and also black them....I did this and immediately the first notes of the Cello practically had me in tears....really. The difference was huge...no longer nasal and very, very musical....more body.....much clearer and nice.

Of course, this does nothing for your turntable system....but how much does a piece of sandpaper cost and a Sharpy marker? Got nothing to lose except amusicality.

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RE: Sand and black your CDs.....also demagnetize and destatic - kenster 04:54:19 05/22/07 (2)
Hi Ric,

Could U go into detail about the "Sand and Black" procedure of the CD's?

I have a demagnetizer and use it sometimes but since I implemented a Walker Audio precision motor controller to power my CD player, all the CD tweaks I have tired pale in comparison :-)

Cheers,

~kenster
- RE: Sand and black your CDs.....also demagnetize and destatic - Sondek 13:19:37 05/22/07 (1)
  Kenster,
  
  Found this on Ric's site. I've never tried it ... just found it.
  - http://www.tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/CD_tweaks.html (Open in New Window)
  - RE: Sand and black your CDs.....also demagnetize and destatic - kenster 14:38:24 05/22/07 (0)
    Thank U sir,
    I just may give it a shot.
    I heard a demo of the Audio Desk Systeme and damned if it didn't improve the sound but for ~600 bucks, it didn't provide the ROI I would expect for that kind of outlay.
    One has to wonder about this as Ric is saying to sand the edges to make them opaque where these guys are trimming the edges to 38 degrees with a razor and both effect the sound.......in a positive way!!!
    Cheers,
    ~kenster
    
    Edits: 05/25/07 05/25/07
I now use a fine round file which sounds worlds better IME... - Wellfed 23:02:17 05/21/07 (0)
;-)

OK, ease of use and clean up are the only benefits I actually obtained.

I use an ear wax syringe bulb to clean off the resulting debris.

First learned about the sanding technique from you BTW.

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