Good Product or Nonsense?
lowrider57 ... I've tried a bunch of the after-market CD treatments. While some appear to "make the sound of digital sound more analog," by smoothing the sound, I've found that they remove some high frequencies. That's why I switched to a basic eyeglass lens cleaner. After cleaning, I use a Radio Shack DVD tape eraser to demagnetize the CD. I think it best to seek out recordings that were engineered correctly. If done properly, Redbook CD's sound amazing. Frank |
I've used Optrix for years and had only positive results with it. It seems to improve the sound of some discs noticeably, though some it doesn't seem to do anything for. I agree that using it on gold CD's may not a good idea. I've used L'Art Du Son cleaner with good results as well, though it is more expensive. |
I've been using Optrix for about 3 weeks now. I buy a lot of used cd's & know for sure they sound better when they are cleaned. Can't really say if there is an improvement using it on a "clean" cd or not. Also hope David is incorrect here because I've cleaned a couple dozen already... Good to hear inna and others haven't had any issues with it. |
If I wanted to do it the right way I would get, say, four copies of a well done cd and compared Optrix, LAST, Auric and Walker treatments. Yeah, maybe better not to use Optrix on valuable gold discs. I treated three gold cds with it but only two Mo-Fi ones gave me that haze, another one didn't. No idea why. I have a top loaded player and clean the lens with some Disc Doctor or whatever it is fluid that came with their cleaning disc. I rarely play the player these days, as I remember there was a small difference when cleaning every 50 hours or so. Maybe it was 100 hours, not sure. I only compared Optrix treatment with washing the discs in warm water with kitchen soap. Yup, Optrix was better but soap and water was better than nothing. |
