-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 13:31, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600 > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070228 18:21]: >>>> I remember reading an article in a German audiophile magazine >>>> about a device to demagnetize CDs. The author claimed the sound >>>> to be much better after demagnetizing. >>> Demagnetize something that relies on lasers? >> With a mass-produced CD, there is nothing to degauss. A reflective >> layer of aluminum is deposited on a plastic substrate. >> >> Are you sure the article wasn't talking about the realm of analogue >> tape? Magnetic tape playback heads tend to become slightly magnetized >> with use, so that periodic demagnetizing is necessary. This is >> somewhat akin to the need for periodic degaussing of a CRT. But since >> the introduction of ferrite heads, this may no longer be a problem. > > For all you non-believers (sorry, too much religion in recent threads) > here is a similar article: > > http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/furutech/rd2.html
Just because some some snob audiophile says we must degauss *optical* media in order to get "realm of gestalt" better sound, doesn't mean it's true. > > Regards, > Andrei -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5zeJS9HxQb37XmcRAjpQAKC+hPOFo08Puc4t9q8aqnO9HJu1zwCg7iFK VuknJGwuDXA2YJcNCYmOq1s= =/ihy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
