How come there is no thread on the RealityCheck?

Good work Kana813! And good timing. I tried to order a Cool Copy unit today from the link I posted and they're SOLD OUT! The sales guy said they've gone from selling one or two per week to 4-5 everyday the past 2 weeks! No more available until next week.

The Alesis website provided a link to several dealers in my neck of the woods (and for only $10 more, but I won't be paying for shipping).

The Cool Copy appears to be a re-badged Alesis 1 to 1.

Many thanks for the heads up!

I'm one of the referred-to past beta testers for George Louis. A major part of last year and the first 2 months of this year were spent doing endless listening and evaluating sessions of duplicators, drivers, controllers, power sources, cdrs and fluids.

I was the one that originally turned Steve onto the Cool Copy device, including the link for purchasing. It's sad that he stood accused as a self-promoting dealer when all he was doing was trying to share a product he likes that I believe many will eventually find to be the real deal (cost and performance-wise). Besides, the Cool Copy is on sale at a price below the wholesale cost... so why would Steve even bother being a dealer for it?

We have done quite a bit of testing that made it very obvious that the Cool Copy created copies that were more enjoyable to listen to than what the current RC duplicator produces. The response was 100% among all 3 of us (George's local SoCal testers).

We listened and compared on several very diverse systems. The bulk of George's listening is done primarily with headphones. We don't listen the way George does. We have our opinions and he has his. And we all benefit in the end.

Any questions re. RealityCheck or Cool Copy? BTW, the Cool Copy is fun to tweak.

Hey Mike... glad you waited, you're going to like the Cool Copy unit. I was one of the "Bobs" at the demo you refered to. We ended up staying there another hour after you left!

Man, I didn't think I would get very many Cool Copy responses at the Asylum, but my mailbox was stuffed with inquiries this morning. I just finished answering them, so now onto this thread.

The following is cut and pasted from my email response(s) this morning.

(1)... we found that putting the Cool Copy on footers does appear to improve the quality of the copies. The ones that work best so far are the roller bearing type. We use the Darumas as the much higher priced Symposiums seemed like overkill.

(2)... with the lid closed, you'll notice that there are 2 vertical slotted, dark tinted windows above each drive. Cover these with photo blackout or electricians tape. This keeps extraneous light from affecting the laser (ymmv... we thought we heard a difference).

(3)... plug the AC adapter into a line conditioner if you have one. Less AC noise couldn't hurt.

(4)... the black ProDisc cdr's definitely worked better than the others we tried (Memorex black, Verbatim black and blue azo and Mobilfidelity Gold). We found them at this link for $30 per 100...

http://www.shop4tech.com/item2044.html

(5)... cd treatment, the Nanotech #8500 cd spray is fantastic. It's the first treatment I've encountered that made such an audible difference you don't have to go back and forth comparing to make sure. We compared it with all of the RealityCheck sprays, both versions of Vivid, old and new Auric, Optrix and Shine Ola. You can contact Steve Klein (the only source I know of) at

http://www.soundsofsilence.com/

This should get you started... more testing this weekend... so will post more on Sunday.

oops! Nanotech source link should have been...

http://www.soundsofsilence.com

Here's the link I originally sent to Steve... this is the one he ordered...

http://www.sixstardj.com/ezduduricddu.html