Differences between cd transports?
astelmaszek71 posts03-05-2019 10:03am@geoffkait Cables are directional. LOL. Settling time. I'm in the wrong business but of course I can't bring myself to that level of detachment from reality. >>>>You appear to be enjoying an out of body experience right now. 🤗 |
The one thing folks always leave out when discussing transports is: How clean the surface of ANY CD they stick in there to be read. Folks who are not cleaning off the surface every time are constantly adding damage to the laser lens. Every time the lens hits the dirt, nearly invisible to the human eye dirt left on the reading surface. I liken it to leaving bricks and logs strewn all over a freeway. How long do you think your gonna drive at 65mph with those all over, and you cannot swerve, you just hit the stuff. BLAM blam BLAM BOOM.. ? Well it is exactly what you are doing to the laser lens with dusty CDs!!!! I have used compact ’blush brushes (yes for women's makeup) and I brush off every CD every time. 100% never fail. And I have never had a laser fail. I play a LOT of music, using the same play for ten years.. Failures are always something else other than the laser assy. So take heed... That Cd transport may sound like garbage because the lens has been beat to hell... |
Geoff yes, yes, and yes. What naysayers fail to understand is strands of wire are pulled/drawn through a die, rough edges are bent over on a microscopic level Many cable companies put direction arrows on their jackets, so where does this silliness come from? Ignorance, or flat ou stupidity? elizabeth, yes, before playing any new discs I always clean them with oil free soap and RO water. I used to use various treatments, but found over time that they oxidize creating a haze that the laser cannot read through 100%. That said my Marantz HD CD 1 is new but the laser is very fussy, or somewhat misaligned from the factory. Never had this issue with my Oppo 105 |
@tweak1 What audio tweakers fail to understand that not a single of these things make a damn bit of a difference at audio frequencies. You have to start moving into microwave frequencies for any of this to have measurable effects and even then it doesn't affect anything. The entire world is running on cheap ethernet cable and even cheaper fiberoptic cable with bit perfect data making it across oceans. As to directionality, more often than not, it has to do shielding only being connected on one end. I assure you not one cable used to wire the entire new Stratcom operations center was tested for directionality. How in the world would the cable manufactures have any idea which way the cable was originally pulled through a die considering it was spooled and respooled many times before it ever arrived at their "manufacturing" facility where they slap fancy outer jackets on them and call it hifi audio cable. |
