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Would treated CD's or OOP's-hold its value later?

Hi all,
Please give me some guidance here. Before I go and purchase a German cutter that shaves the sides of the cd polymer off to better the sound. Or all these green markers that you outline the CD with- Would they decrease or increase the value if ever they were to be sold later on in life. i am talking about CD's that are quoted on todays market at US$50 and above. would you buy these or shun away and get a non treated one if you had the option?
nevillekapadia
nevillekapadia OP
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Viridian/Qdrone/Shawn thanks for your insights. I will stick to no modification, as it's just not seem to be worth the extra 5% sound improvement.
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synthfreek
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Actually circumcision can be reversed...kinda. You guys never seen that episode of Penn & Teller's BS I take it? There's apparently an entire movement of people angry with their parents for making such a decision without their consent so they've figured out a way to get their turtleneck back. It looked rather painful with weights and what-not. I think it was an episode from their second or third season.
4yanx
1,576 posts
 
As silly as it may sound, I use a spray on-wipe off product called Shine-Ola on my CD's (and DVD's) and it really works. I had used RRL fluids for vinyl records for some time and a member advised that I try their Shine-Ola. It seems to add more depth and clarity to CD's and more detail and crispness to DVD's. I am not sure how it works, but it does no damage and does not alter the disc in any way, so it may be worth your while to try
osgorth
109 posts
 
I suggest you do what I do: make copies on CD-R of the discs you want to treat, and do all the tweaking on the CD-R's.. Good CD-R's are cheap these days, and often a copy sounds better than the original does (if you use quality media and burn them with care).

Personally, I'd never do anything to an original CD except cleaning it. To answer your question: no, I would not want to buy a "treated" CD at all!
kana813
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Nevillekapadia- If you haven't tried any of these CD tweaks, how do you know it's a 5% sound improvement. Suggest you give a Nespa Pro a try.

"Viridian/Qdrone/Shawn thanks for your insights. I will stick to no modification, as it's just not seem to be worth the extra 5% sound improvement."
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