Re: Audio recording hardware

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

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

Regards,
Andrei
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
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