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Re: Audio recording hardware



On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:28:57 -0600, Ron wrote in message 
<[🔎] 45E73789.9060200@cox.net>:

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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.

..and this is not religion how?   ;o)

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