geoffkait
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| Mapleshade boards under speakers Chill, shill. Minus K and Vibraplane kick Symposium's black cat's rear end. | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Alfe, the Snopes article on greening or using purple on CDs is filled with errors. In fact it's one giant Strawman Argument. Perhaps it was written by a recording engineer or a pro audio dude. lol. Maybe try over at Hydrogen Audio or AudioKarma, s... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Alfe wrote,"The name for what you are describing"as scattering of laser light" is diffracted order and they are considered on the SalomonReed correction."Actually the scattered light is not considered by the Reed Solomon codes, which were implemen... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Mapman, the evidence is there, you just dismiss it. You know, the evidence of others' experience with coloring CDs, demagnetizing CDs, ionizing CDs, CD enhancer fluids and so forth. Those who are actually trying these things. All these demands for... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Alfe. Wrote,"there is no pit and lands in a CD-R!!!a CD-R is a blank data spiral with a photosensitive dye.the write laser changes the color of the dye (dark and clear) and that sit.and because the dye is photosensitive every time you read the dis... | |
| Your Favorite Cover Songs? Ramones cover of the Stones' Out of Time on the Acid Eaters CD. | |
| Seismic Sink Stand or other hifi stands When you include the negative stiffness Minus K, the latest Vibraplane, Halcyonics, Herzan, TMC iso platform, Silent Running, as well as all the lower cost alternatives such as air bladders, bicycle inner tubes, squash Balls, Newport isolators, Su... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Alfe wrote,"see this link for information about pit structure and also notice the size of a laser spot, so reflectivity is not an issue no need to enhance it with any placebo product."The (primary) problem is the scattering of the laser light whil... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Mapman wrote,"I'd have to agree that CD treatments for ripping in particular are mostly BS as well."Mapman, the view from 40,000 ft. - you have a long way to go. You are the poster child for the Backfire Effect.Cheers | |
| Magnetic Isolation Levitate yourself, your components will follow..http://youtu.be/lQq6YC7V8BY | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Alfe, that's what they all say. Perfect sound forever! | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Ionizers, demagnetizers, coloring the disc, coloring the tray, leveling the transport, isolating the transport, CD Enhancer fluids, all of these things improve ripping. | |
| Power Cables diminishing returns Next stop, AES and ASA agree to double blind testing of cheap power cords vs expensive power cords. NASA is still working out some of the kinks in the Shuttle tiles and doesn't have the time. | |
| Yet another Quad 57 Experience You really ought to listen some time to original Quads without their heavy metal grills and without their Mylar dust covers. Forget about it. | |
| Breaking in of CD player? Use the break-in track on the XLO Test CD set on repeat for two weeks continuous play. There is really no substitute for breaking in not only the new CD player but everything else in the chain, wires, cables, capacitors, etc.. Simply playing music... |