Is cartridge Demagnetizing Necessary?


Benn awhile since I posted.  Hope you all are well during this crazy time.
Have a question.  Is cartridge demagnetizing necessary and/or does it actually yield sonic results.?  Also. I read that by playing a record and at the same time shorting the RCA tonearm cable plugs together will be just as effective as using an actual demagnetizer.  Is this true?
Thanks all for your responses.
frepec

Showing 2 responses by oregonpapa

^^^ I have a cartridge demagnetizer. When used, it does lower the noise floor somewhat. The problem is, the system sounds so incredible at this point, I forget to use it. Come to think of it, that would be a good project for today. Geeze, I’ve even stopped using my Radio Shack bulk eraser on my CDs. I’ll begin again. I’ll do the XLO test CD today too. Thanks for the reminder.

Frank
  • "You’re not fooling anyone by the way. Your system sounds so incredible because of the gate and mats and gray goo slathered all over the place. Which I know because, same here. Heh."


Correcto Mundo, Mi Amigo. For those who didn't get on that train, too bad for you. :-)

Frank