How do you clean CD/DVDs ?

These are all good answers but I'm stumped about why no machines?

These are all good answers but I'm stumped about why no machines?

I'll start working on one tonight. Thanks for bringing up this maketing niche oversight. ;-)

BTW, how does $495 sound for a pricepoint?

Cheers,
John

I'll start working on one tonight. Thanks for bringing up this maketing niche oversight. ;-)

Mine comes complete with an electric drill and a beach towel for only $359

Mine comes complete with an electric drill and a beach towel for only $359

I'm sure I could come out with a scaled down Standard version for $349. However, the Deluxe version ( $495 ) will get you cd's cleaner, with it's more powerful motor.
The Deluxe version will make you cd's sound more 'transparent', as if another veil has been lifted.

FWIW, I've also started on an Extreme version, that will blow even my Deluxe version out of the water. It will be in the $995 price range. It will clean so good, that it will even clean the bits off the disc. :-)

Cheers,
John

I have some polycarbonate cleaner that we use and a few microfilter cloths to wipe the discs clean (wet or dry). I forget the brand, it wasn't audio stuff, it was some commercial stuff for polycarbonate windows on pinball machines. We got it on eBay.

For scratches we have some various levels of commercial polycarbonate scratch remover that we apply, scrub, and remove by hand (for light scratches). Again, it's stuff for pinball machines.

for deeper scratches we have the motorized Skip Doctor (ca.$30 or $40) with some polishing compound. Although the wheel marrs the surface, it's better than having to throw the CD or DVD out. (we buy a lot of CDs, DVDs, PS2 and XBox games used).

For serious listening sessions I'll also hit the CDs with the Mapleshade Ionoclast zapper gun (similar to a Milty or zerostat). With the ionoclast treatment I notice increased low-level detail retrieval (CD apparently sounds louder). The treatment seems to last for about 6 plays.