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Do you demag or destat your CDs/DVDS?

Just curious about these CD tweaks. The Furutech destat machine is tempting at around $350--I like their products. What is the story behind Furutech's discontinuation of their RD2 disc demagnetizing station? I see it was taken up by Acoustic Revive as the RD3, a supposedly improved version. Did it not prove effective by Furutech's standards, or did they let it go in favor of their much more expensive demagnetizer for vinyl and CD? Just wondering if the RD3 does work to improve sound. There isn't much mention of it in the past few years.
jafreeman
zd542
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"07-11-14: Timrhu
ZD542, I'm not calling anyone out. Although I have met a few Agon members personally, I don't know any who fit that description. But reading through the threads here it does seem as if there are members who do."

Sorry. I don't think you read my post the way I meant it. I made the comment that audio equipment is made by scientists. Right after I put that down I said to myself someone is going to come up with an audio product that wasn't designed by a scientist. And it will probably be something silly like a tweak that doesn't make a difference. It was just a poor explanation on my part.
brownsfan
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I bought a Destat II about 6 months ago. It has been entertaining standing on the sidelines and taking in all of the back and forth discussion.

As usual, Al brought an open mind tempered by a solid technical background.

My purchase was an experiment. In my experience with the destat, any effect it had was inaudible.

I have a high opinion of Furutech and the vendor from which I purchased the destat. I think Al's take explains well why some are sold on this thing and some are unimpressed.

For the last 24 years I worked in a world class R & D organization. I have some idea about how science and engineering is actually practiced in development. I have seen brilliant people get into protracted theoretical discussions. Sometimes you just need to run the darn experiment. If anyone is inclined to run the experiment, let me know. I'd be willing to part with mine.
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syntax
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Poor Man's Furutech and effective
jea48
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Hi Jim,

Voila!
07-12-14: Almarg

Thanks Al, I greatly appreciate you finding the thread for me.
Jim
jea48
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Hi Al,

If you get a chance would you copy a good sounding Red Book CD, like the ones you used in the thread below, onto a hard drive and compare the original source Red Book CD to the hard drive copy? I would bet the original source CD will sound better.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1354371062&openflup&15&4#15

Thanks,
Jim
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