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CD Mats

I got a free copy of the Aurex CD mat as a bonus item with some other things I ordered from an audio dealor. I tried it out with my player (Sony 222ES SACD/CD)and could hear only an extremely subtle improvment in sound quality. I was wondering what other people's experiences have been with Aurex and other CD mats (SID, Blacklight, etc.) Has anybody heard significant improvement with one of these things?

Two factors that might have influenced my experience:
1. The test CD had already been "tweaked" with Mapleshade Mikro-smooth, Auric Illuminator, and Mapleshade Ionoclast. Perhaps there were not many errors left to eliminate.

2. My player is a changer model. The mat might be de-centering as the tray rotates backwards.
socprof
socprof OP
37 posts
 
David12 and Maclogan,

Were your CDs otherwise untweaked, or were you using the mats in addition to other treatments?
oneobgyn
410 posts
 
Marigo 3D Signature Mat is the only one to use
maclogan
49 posts
 
Untweaked. I once did the edges of some of my CDs with green pen but could discern no difference so that was the end of my CD tweaking. I'm not convinced by any of the nonsense presented as "scientific explanations" for any more recent CD treatments so I'm not going to bother wasting my time or money.

So saying, the SID mat I was advocating is green. Until we get a chance to compare it with a differently-colored SID mat we can't say that this is part of the beneficial package.
david12
1,454 posts
 
Again, untweaked, I have tried treating CDs before and found no great benefit I could be sure of. The Marigo made an audible difference I could hear in the first minute of listening, no struggle to convince oneself of an improvement.
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