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"Tuning" CD's
It occurred to me last night that simply sanding (i.e. frosting) the CD edge should be plenty sufficient to stop reflections. No paint or marker necessary. Since I am a furniture maker and have the requisite tools in my shop it shouldn't be diffic... 
"Tuning" CD's
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"Tuning" CD's
Ok, I should have researched this topic first:    
"Tuning" CD's
Then this has been a thing for quite some time! I had no idea there were markers made for the task. The point of first sanding the edge is to ensure that the edge is matte black - not gloss black which would just create a black mirror. What I not... 
Why Switches Influence The Sound Quality
"a bit old." Suitable for framing.  
Why Switches Influence The Sound Quality
He doesn't have to be deliberate to annoy you.  
REL speakon connection to amp vs speakers
"For stereo set up, the manual is actually pretty poorly written. p18 1.a refers you back to pages 11 & 12 where there is nothing mentioned about stereo set up." Agreed.  
Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up
After making some adjustments it is down to about a 2 hour warm up now.  
Buying Equipment Based on Philosophy???
If I had the money I would buy the Ongaku amp without actually hearing it, and then build a system around it. That is philosophy.  
patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole
Peyroux’s "Blue Room" is soul through and through. Once I got my stereo system tuned up it began to do justice to things like "Companion" on 44.1. Downloaded my version off of allflac.com and did my usual conversion of it from flac to wav before ... 
A free tweak revisited
Music is dreamed up in the darkness of the skull, and darkness is its favorite habitat.  
When CDs first came onto the market in 1982 .......
The more recently recorded and mastered CD's from artists like Deuter do not sound "loudness war" compressed to me. I have heard that the commercial CD burns now do not engage in such travesty to the extent they that they used to.  
Converting my CD Collection from .FLAC to .WAV
I am burning CD's only. That's my storage. I continue to be impressed with .wav files on my Cd transport to dac to amplifiers system, and further impressed by Cd's that have been burned from my digital files at slow speeds. My theory is becoming ... 
Converting my CD Collection from .FLAC to .WAV
Another factor may be CD burn speed. Since music Cd's have traditionally been burned at low speeds to preserve data integrity, I reset the burn speed in Windows Media Player to "slow," and this has resulted in yet another layer of glare disappeari... 
Converting my CD Collection from .FLAC to .WAV
Digital downloads. Jay's Audio CDT mk2 Transport Denafrips Terminator R2R ladder Dac