Does coloring the edges of CD's help the sonics?

This is very funny, and I have a couple of comments I'm tempted to make. But I'm staying out of this one. I made a flippant post about the Ionic Hair Dryer CD Thingee and the next day I met a chemical engineer who specializes in ionic processes who said it would probably work as claimed.

Anyway, whether you color the edges of your CDs, or make fun of those who color the edges of their CDs, have fun.

JPO

A simple easy to hear improvement in every CD follows the one-time insertion of "Codename Turquoise CD tray masking kit" into the CD tray.
Available from machinadynamica.com
This is similar in concept to what is built-in to CD players by Esoteric and Naim
as mentioned in the very first post above by Larryi.

will spray painting 'wild thing' on the doors of a car make it go faster and inc]rease the value?

I once heard a demonstration of a cd player with red leds inside the drawer. When they were turned on, it stopped playing. Red light other than the laser's within the drawer can harm the sound. I tried green and black edge treatments which at the time seemed modestly effective. I have discovered, however, that recent cd cleaners, such as Audio Top and Walker Ultra Vivid, negate any benefit from the edge treatment. I guess this might because the red light from the laser is less diffracted.

Also as I now have a music server, ripping to a harddrive seems unaffected by diffraction. In short, I no longer use edge treatment although at one time I thought it had a small benefit.

Try purple (violet) on the edge next time. Then try to explain why it works....