Re: Audio recording hardware
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On 03/01/07 13:31, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:04 -0600
> "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:
>
>> * Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> [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
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