It was done on purpose . Some buyers may be turned off . Just disclose they have the ink on them when selling .
Does anyone know about putting marker on CDs?
I have been given a large number of CDs to sell. Many of them appear to have black marker around the edges. One has green marker in the center. Does anyone know if this would have been done on purpose as some kind of enhancement perhaps? I am wondering if this is a known practice or if I should consider all of these CDs as damaged.
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Here are a couple of articles. It was a wide spread practice in the late 1980's & 1990's. Many believed in it and many didn't. http://www.stereophile.com/reference/590jitter/ http://www.snopes.com/music/media/marker.asp They are not "damaged" in any way. They should still play fine. |
Just for the record (no pun intended) the colors on the CDs you acquired are actually reversed and that will unfortunately hurt the sound of all of the CDs, rather than improve the sound. Green ink should be only used on the outer edge and black ink only used on the inner lip around the spindle hole. No wonder he got rid of the CDs. You can remove the offending ink with isopropyl alcohol. |
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