douglas_schroeder
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| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Eldartford, thank you for conducting a test of the disc treatment. I respect people who actually will try such things. I also will accept your experience and not debate it. Variety of experiences makes for interesting exchanges between audio lovers. | |
| Can digital cables be used as interconnects? In my Wire World Cables review for Dagogo.com I do precisely what you are wondering, and I share the results. Since that review I have continued to use a pair of Golden Starlight Digital Cables as ICs for my twin Pathos Classic One MkIII integrate... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment I know the word Kudos; I didn't know you two have a history. By all means, carry on with the repartee. :) | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Rodman, know when enough's enough. The man is actually trying it. I give him credit, as he's willing to investigate what he feels is contradictory to his understanding. He doesn't need hecklers. :) I'm as "up for a good joke" as anyone but I'm ser... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Eldartford, you are correct; I have never used CD treatments as a repair method. My goal is entirely improved sonics. There seems to be some confusion here about scratch repairs and sonics. Any scratch repair in my usage of polishes is entirely in... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Eldartford, great response! Thoughtful, considerate, the kind of discussion we can have on thes topics! Kudos! No nose out of joint here; I argue strenuously at times, but I put a lot of these :) in the text to indicate I'm not angry. :) I can get... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Eldartford, you're big on the phrase, "I don't think..." Why not do the test? You might be less apt to declare, "I don't think," in the future when you haven't the experience. :) This is application, not theory. You can spew theory all day long an... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Eldartford, I have said that the disc which is treated sounds louder than one which is untreated. The phrase "sounds" is perceptual. I would not assert that it actually increases level. However, that is what it sounds like, there is that much of a... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Shadorne, yes it might be possible that your gear is not up to the task. I hadn't considered that (as I was making a general point in my previous post comparing $10k to around $100 systems, not alluding to any deficiencies in your system), but it'... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Shadorne, You believe in a process that's slow and neigh unto imperceptible which changes components over 1,000 hours, but you do not believe that disc treatment can immediately influence the sound of media (or how a player audibly processes it). ... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment My wife realized the incurable nature of my audiophilia years ago. She was greatly relieved when I determined to build my own room; it meant she would be free from the incessant tinkering with the system. You should try the polishing treatment, an... | |
| Toyota Camry LE has a Pretty Good Sound System I met a guy the other night at the local bookstore. He was rummaging through the audio magazines - sure sign of an audiophiliac. We struck up a conversation in which he said he had expended $50k in the past year or so on home gear. He was contempl... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Dgarretson, excellent post. What's not often discussed in debates (friendly, as this one is, or not) is negative bias. Often arguments are used in an effort to discount treatments/tweaks without addressing the fact that some approach listening to ... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment I am not only being persistent, but CONsistent. I am not willing to allow unsubstantiatied reports of efficacy of said treatements to be accepted unless I have done the test myself. The efficacy of the treatment lies in the ability to hear clearly... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment "My personality will not allow me to try it... "I don't consider that a valid excuse, but you are being honest. |