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Has anyone used Mikrosmooth CD polish?

I am curious about your experiences with CD "polishes". Mapleshade claims, that if applied correctly, Mikrosmooth will smooth out the surface of digital discs rendering them easier to read and improving both audio and video resolution depending on what media they are used with.

What d'ya think?
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jaybo
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how does it smooth out 'just' the imperfections, without altering the rest of the finish?
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hifiman5 OP
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As I understand it, Mikrosmooth is "smoothing down" micro particles of the CD surface that stand above the rest of the disc surface, thereby creating a consistent topography for the laser to read.

The laser doesn't have to navigate over and around the surface peaks thus requiring less error correction to read the disc.
tamennell
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Yes! Skipping CD's are gone, some CD's sound totally different. I polish every CD before playing. I have done a number of "before" and "after" comparisons - even my wife says she can hear the difference.
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