Anyone use CD tweaks


I was wondering about the effectiveness of products hyped to improved sound quality - i.e. products like Maple Shade's "Mikro Smooth" for polishing CDs and their "Optrix" surfactant product. You want to believe these claims, but sometimes they sound too good to be true. Anyone with any experience with these or similar CD enhancers??

Thanks in advance...
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The best tweak I use which makes the biggest impact is to DEMAG the CD..I use the Furutech RD-2(no longer made) but you can find them used on A'gon....OR Music Direct sells the new version from Acoustic Revive called the RD-3.
Really cleans up the lower mid upper bass problems,Makes mids/vocals more focused,and shimmers the highs.
I stopped using the pens and the waxes.
If I come across a CD/DVD that skips I use the Auric Illumintor stuff on it which works.
Tig: Music Direct sells Shinola, around 25 bucks for a bottle that lasts quite a while. I don't have strong opinions about its effects. John
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1051384332&openmine&zzBuscis2&4&5#Buscis2

Enjoy.........
I'm game. I actually found that I have some AQ "Laserguide", which is primarily a silicone base...I can't hear a darn bit of difference...Ha! I like the idea of adding some weight on the player - it's immediate; don't have to wait for a mail order! Part of this compulsion, mine anyway, is no patience - gotta have it now. What the hey, it’s good clean fun isn't it! While I’m pretty darn good at discerning wood types via my visual sense, I’m fairly confident that I do not poses the ability to do so via my sense of hearing. This is good, because a hunk of Hickory is much more affordable than Black Bubinga or Burl Ives – or is that Burled Walnut? Really, though, I might look for a nice brass door stop – huh!! I’m serious – I started this thread. I’m going to place a nice looking brass ornament on top of some sexy hunk of hard wood (on top of my CD player, of course). I look forward to my wife’s witty little remarks.
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