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If you have a CD Player, you need to do this periodically...

I would rather imagine that most audiophiles are aware of this, but if not, may I recommend a very easy tweak that has always produced positive results in every system I've had:

Ayre - Irrational, But Efficacious!

Densen - DeMagic

These are System Enhancement Discs which reduces magnetism that has built up during playback. I'm pretty sure there are other products that purport to do the same thing. These two have certainly worked for me. Good listening!!

 

 

brauser

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jdoris
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This could say more about me than Ayre, but I never noticed conspicuous improvement running IBE, when I had a CDP.

 

On the other hand, it's not much of an investment, by the standards of the hobby, so why not?

jdoris
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@charles1dad & millercarbon

Totally agreed there should be fewer derisive comments around here.

My comment was that I used the Ayre disk commended in the OP and did not notice a difference.  Given the cost (assuming you do not buy a dedicated CDP to implement!), I did not disrecommend it, but I'm betting a good percentage of those who try it will have my (non)experience.

(Btw, I don't dispute that "break in tones" could be useful for new speakers; my observation applied to older equipment.)

It will be interesting to hear the new adopters weigh in.

jdoris
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@charles1dad 

Fair enough!  I enjoy your posts.

To be fair, Ayre's name for the product invites a bit of fun.

I never used the green pen, but I did use expensive CD cleaners. 

I seemed to have a genius for scratching CDs, and am mostly glad to be done with them (except when my fragile rural internet fails).

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