Markering of CD Edges


Has anyone who "paints" the edges of their CDs with various-colored markers noticed any loss of information after marking their discs? There's a thread over at Audio Asylum, where one person indicates that marking up the edges of a disc actually decreases readability and increases errors. I personally haven't noticed this effect--actually, quite the opposite--but I'm wondering what others' experiences are.

In addition, does painting the edge of an SACD green have any deleterious effect? I just found out that green is not the appropriate color to use on SACDs, but that information comes after marking up about 50 SACDs. Can I just leave the green markering on, or is it having a negative effect and should I remove it with rubbing alcohol?

Many thanks for any responses.
hooper

Showing 4 responses by gunbei

I've done a lot of goofy audiophile tweaks, but I'm just too damn afraid of screwing up my discs by drawing on them with Design Markers.
I gotta watch myself, I use so many black markers everyday I might create a challenging scenario for the laser on the data side of the disc, heheh. Green guy using black markers? Hmmm...
How the hell do you do that Marco? I couldn't even get close to 178 Fred's on my discs. By the time I circumnavigated that silver flat world I only had 33 little Fred's drawn. And I'm an artist!
With the Joe Rockhead .00000000000000007 micron green audio rapidiograph I can probably hide all kinds of nasty little drawings on my discs ala Disney.