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What CD cleaner to use?

just wondering what people use to clean their CDs (if anything)? i've been reading online about how reviewers always use various anti-static sprays and cleaners on CDs before they listen to them, and how they make a lot of difference to the sound quality. does buying a $50 spray make that much of a difference compared to just cleaning off a CD with an optical lens cleaner?

any opinions?
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carbonfiber
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Check out this animation. It will explain it to you.

http://audiobuff.zoovy.com/category/_product_info.aud101
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albertporter
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Most popular audiophile solutions are: (alphabetically)

Auric Illuminator - CD/DVD Cleaner
Disc Doctor CD Cleaning System
Shine Ola (Record Research)
Vivid (Walker Audio)

Inexpensive cleaner that provide good results: (alphabetically)

ROR (residual oil remover) V-Vax Corp., Chicago
Novus Plastic Polish #1, Novus Inc. Minnesota
3M Plastic Polish, 3M Corp.

Search Audiogon posts for reviews of the audiophile solutions. For the inexpensive versions, buy and try.
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theo
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Second the Shine Ola easy to use and effective. I have tried a number of them and this one does the trick.
jes45
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There is a great post about CD's and long term damage that can occur by using the wrong types of products on them. (Remember the Armor All disaster? I do, it ruined around 500 of my shiny discs).

Here's the link: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1096407732&read&keyw&zzshine=ola

I hope that this helps ...
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