How come there is no thread on the RealityCheck?

Bravo Tvad, you da MAN. Thanks

Just started reading this thread and thought I would point out that Arnie Nudell told us about the sonic benefits of duplicating on to black CDRs back in 2002 or there abouts. Here is a link to his company http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/ go to the download page and click on the "black CD saga" paper. I've been making black CD copies for years - makes a big difference on my system. This may be old news to many of you but thought I would toss this into the mix.

Actually, Sbayne, it was an engineer at Genesis, not Arnie. It also stressed that cd-rs vary greatly in sound quality and how long they last or lasted in those days.

If the cost of the Reality check ($795.00) is to high, what are we audiophiles to make of the Nespa? ($900.00) for a box with a light bulb in it that heats the disc to release trapped gases in the disc which results in sound improvement???? I'm all for improving my home Hi-Fi but $900.00 for a light bulb is_________ (fill in the blank)

Right, is was a Gary Leonard Koh. Want to give credit where credit is due. Yes, he talks a lot about different brands of Black CDs but also types of drives, brand of drives, external drives, recording at 1X, recording software, etc. Just wanted to point people to this if they are looking for more info and didn't know about this article that has been on the web for years.