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| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment "Bit is just bits," someone said."Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," Freud said.But Freud also said:"My boy, smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you.... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment I'll add that when I modded that Sony, I started with changes to power into the optics, motor, and servo, and worked my way through the various digital circuits, dealing with replacement of the master clock last. I wanted to be able to distinguish... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment I'm curious how far into the digital domain Shadorne extends his viewpoint that bits are bits. I too can think of no explanation for why CD media tweaks-- or for that matter tweaks to the optical section of any transport-- should impact sound. And... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment In the Stereophile article, it's interesting how much credible scientific measurement & analysis the authors poured into examining a clearly observable phenomenon that in the end eluded the current limitations of science. CD Stop Light got to ... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Here is thorough early treatise from Stereophile on the subject of these tweaks. Includes technical discussion of related optical and electrical factors. http://www.stereophile.com/reference/590jitter/Relevant extracts from the non-technical secti... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Going into this experiment I will admit to being biased in favor of Rain-X. Some years ago Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes attempted to debunk this fine product as an example of consumer hucksterism. He scoffed at it, noting with some pride the superior... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment I agree that the best components most clearly reveal the effect of tweaks. The clearer the window, the more visible the remaining smudge. I think this phenomenon is what accounts for the hyperbole of magazine reviewers, who when describing near-SO... | |
| Shout out for Neil Young's Sugar Mountain Live LP I believe several weeks ago there was a news release that the Young archive release has been delayed yet again. Hopefully he's revisiting his decision to limit the release to BluRay. I bet you could could on one hand the audiophiles on this forum ... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Far from an imaginative leap into brilliant pebbles & the like, the theory with the colored edge treatment is that it filters out refracted light that may otherwise be reintroduced into the optics. It's also conceivable that a shiny smooth sur... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Douglas, while I think it's prudent to keep a balance between theoretical and empirical discussion, IMO the matter of jitter is a case in point that argues for an empirical approach involving an open mind and careful listening tests. As discussed ... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Shadorne,Webster's definition of scientific method: "principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formu... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III I think one of the advantages of carbon graphite would be constrained layer damping effects achieved by varying material thickness and directionality of carbon fibers. This is how it's done in bicycle frames to obtain strength where necessary as w... | |
| Atma-Sphere MP-1 Mk II vs. MIII With a MkII, a .3mv cartridge will be noisy without an SUT or a hybrid SS conversion as per my MkII. About .5mv is the lowest you would want on a MkII. | |
| Passive Preamps? Anyone? To find eight closely matched LDRs as needed for a balanced passive, requires measuring & sorting through many dozens of pieces. The task is much simpler with a single-ended passive. Only two matched pairs of LDRs are necessary for a two chann... | |
| Passive Preamps? Anyone? Clio, I acquired the LDR piece parts, but abandoned the project due to problems getting LDRs to track closely in a high-impedance volume control for a balanced tube preamp. I've been waiting on Unixman from that thread to complete a rather complex... |