Spay for CD

Dumb question?
Why is anyone (still) spending large sums of money on Compact Disc.
And, why are we (still) debating snake oil treatments to make them tolerable?

Dumb response

1. because some of us own thousands of them; 
2. because most CDs when played back in an optimized system (often not cheap and can be very complex) can sound amazing;
3. because some of us still like to buy CDs especially direct from the artists so that the creators get to make a living from their art
   

etc.

OK! I'll accept all of those... :-)

@sisyphus51
Dumb question?
Why is anyone (still) spending large sums of money on Compact Disc.
And, why are we (still) debating snake oil treatments to make them tolerable?

Pretty much the same reason so many audiophiles still have a love for vinyl and enjoy periodically adding to their collections and spend good sums of money to buy nice gear to play them.
Nothing so snake oil about most of, or at leas a good share of, the products we use to clean and take care of our valuable collections.
To each their own...Jim

I’m afraid there’s more to it than just cleaning and taking care of the CDs. That’s kind of the whole point. It’s because the REAL CD treatments, you know the ones, Optrix, Liquid Resolution, Auric Illuminator, Jena Labs, L’Art du Sond and a host of other sprays, liquids and enhancers actually IMPROVE the sound, not just clean the CD. Hel-loo! And the fact that they do improve the sound DEMONstrates a couple things - (1) CDs are not (rpt not) “perfect sound forever” and (2j even through the physical data on the CD cannot be altered the reading of the data by the CD laser can be improved. For starters the polycarbonate layer is only around 90% transparent.