CD mate & the war against vibrations
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CD mate & the war against vibrations| clint e. |
Posted: June 21, 2009 10:06 am
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 D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart  Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006  |
Well i took out the diskette from a floppy disck 5.25 case just to use the diskette sleeve as a cd case - which is very retro cool, btw - and then i looked at the diskette and i wonder why not using it for vibration dampening in my cdp...?!
What i have done was cutting the floppy disk with the same diameter of a cd disk, then glued it in the cdp drawer – with a soft glue - and with a scissor or a sharp knife cut it exactly like the drawer – because of the laser pickup, of course – and that’s it: A cdp mate.  Could it be the ferro-magnetic of the diskette or maybe because it acts similar to a turntable mate giving more stability to the disk and eliminating a few inside ressonances...the improvements are far from subtle. I'm listen to a very "complex" music and i find it more focused, defined, detailed than before, and because of that the overall sound has a little more dynamics and attack.  --------------------   " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
 
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| Elroy |
Posted: June 21, 2009 12:33 pm
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 Thread Killer Group: Moderator Posts: 3045 Member No.: 4 Joined: June 29, 2006 |
do you have a picture? I am having a hard time picturing what you did.
elroy -------------------- I got nothing
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| clint e. |
Posted: June 21, 2009 01:43 pm
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D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006 |
I don't have a camera with me. Maybe tomorrow.
I have done the same with my cd rom and i have good results. Damping any audio source is always a good thing. A year ago i've done some damping with a kind of bitumen adding mass to another cd rom case with great results, and this year i also made some damping in some of the caps in my MF X-A1 integrated amp. -------------------- " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
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| OvenMaster |
Posted: June 22, 2009 07:25 am
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 Piece of Work  Group: Charter Member Posts: 693 Member No.: 10 Joined: July 01, 2006 |
I'm betting that this is the reason, Alvaro. I personally do not think that the magnetic flux of a diskette is enough to do anything audible, but the flexible plastic of the diskette could very easily absorb some of the vibrations of the spinning CD within the CD player's transport. I'm with Elroy, though; a photo showing exactly what you did would be a big help. Am I correct in thinking that you cut it to fit your CD player tray, cut out a slot for the laser, and glued it to the tray? -------------------- Tom
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| clint e. |
Posted: June 22, 2009 12:15 pm
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D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006 |
Correct! That's exactly what i did.  Here's - a not very good - pic from my dvd rom:  Note: Please do not try this if you use Dual Discs, which are thicker than normal CDs, and are likely to get damaged or cause damage in some players/CD/DVD ROMs ,or refuse to play because of the extra thickness. -------------------- " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
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| thedelihaus |
Posted: June 22, 2009 01:57 pm
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 The Black Dahlquist Group: Moderator Posts: 2478 Member No.: 9 Joined: June 30, 2006 |
Now, that's some Thinking Sound....
 -------------------- What you got back home, lil' sister, to play yer fuzzy warbles on? Pitiful, portable picnic players? Come with uncle & hear all proper! Hear angels trumpets & devils trombones. You are invited!
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| stuwee |
Posted: June 23, 2009 06:52 pm
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| ranlin1r |
Posted: August 02, 2009 07:45 pm
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