Herbie’s Super Black Holes

My solid-but-fancy NAD C 538. The SBH is said to be compatible with pretty much everything except some players with exotic loading systems. Mine is a standard drawer loader. 

Paul,

I would have sent you a PM, but couldn't find a way to do that. Would you mind explaining how this thing works? Not the "science," Herbie's site attempts to explain that. But: how do you apply it to the CD? Does it get applied to both sides (are there two pieces to a single "Black Hole"?) How re-usable is it? If there's no adhesive (and Herbie's site says there isn't), how does it stay on a spinning CD? Is there any risk of it comming off and getting stuck in the disk drive? Anything else you can add of a practical nature? I'm very curious to give it a try; at $35, there's not a lot to lose. Unless it runs the risk of destroying my CDP.

Thanks.

Oops! Guess I was punked. The closing reference to "St. Herbert" and "weeping about all the shallow empty years..." should have tipped me off.

So these "Black Holes" are snake oil, in your opinion?

@snilf ,

To send a pm, simply tap on his name, a screen will appear and 'message user' will be the bottom choice. Easy!

I tried Herbie's Black Hole and though it did seem to improve the sound, it eventually lost it's adherance and came partially off, jamming my CD player after repeated use. Haven't used it since and that was many years ago.

All the best,

Nonoise