Alternatives to Stoplight Pen RIP


Now that Audio Prism--makers of the CD Stoplight Pen--have gone out of business, I'm wondering if I can substitute any green, permanent magic marker. Will black work as well as green? Should I apply it only to the edges or to parts of the surfaces?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Tony
socprof

Showing 1 response by dutchamps

Pen is discontinued. 
When it first became a hype I was sceptic about it. 
Now I only do this with cdr cd's. 
Main thing that realy works is the edge still is like a mirror. I made a handtool load a disk on a spindle and this may scratch your thoughts I sand the edge first lightly so it turns to a doll surface. 
I take a normal black edding marker permanent. And make the edge black, I do it twice one coat is still too light. 
The blow off sanding residue from sanding dust of the CD. When clean and dryed up black edge. 
Try it out. 
I use a teac vrds 10se cd player and external DAC. 

Bass will be a little tider overall soundstage a bit more clear heights will be less harsh. 
This is only in very little proportions. 
But cd sounds some more clear. 
I don't like to spend 25$ on a pen. 
Just sandpaper like grid 200 and a 1€ black edding pen. 
When I do the procedure without sanding there is almost not any difference. 
Making the egde doll do far more.