Anyone use CD tweaks


I was wondering about the effectiveness of products hyped to improved sound quality - i.e. products like Maple Shade's "Mikro Smooth" for polishing CDs and their "Optrix" surfactant product. You want to believe these claims, but sometimes they sound too good to be true. Anyone with any experience with these or similar CD enhancers??

Thanks in advance...
2chnlben

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I'm game. I actually found that I have some AQ "Laserguide", which is primarily a silicone base...I can't hear a darn bit of difference...Ha! I like the idea of adding some weight on the player - it's immediate; don't have to wait for a mail order! Part of this compulsion, mine anyway, is no patience - gotta have it now. What the hey, it’s good clean fun isn't it! While I’m pretty darn good at discerning wood types via my visual sense, I’m fairly confident that I do not poses the ability to do so via my sense of hearing. This is good, because a hunk of Hickory is much more affordable than Black Bubinga or Burl Ives – or is that Burled Walnut? Really, though, I might look for a nice brass door stop – huh!! I’m serious – I started this thread. I’m going to place a nice looking brass ornament on top of some sexy hunk of hard wood (on top of my CD player, of course). I look forward to my wife’s witty little remarks.
CD Mats?? What...placed on top of the CD? What about the additional weight of the mat...could it have any negative affect on the transport/drive mechanisms (i.e. ability to spin at proper speeds/RPMs)?? I assume the intension is to reduce jitter as well as laser diffraction???