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Getting back on-topic, having now tested it, I am pleased to report that the SK2 brush also has a positive effect on CDs
After gentle brushing with the SK2, CDs sound 'fresher', more dynamic, and with a slight hard edge removed, making music more interesting and enjoyable to listen to.
So it's a very useful accessory for both vinyl and CD lovers!
Marco.
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Do you think it will work on flac files too ?Originally Posted by Marco
Getting back on-topic, having now tested it, I am pleased to report that the SK2 brush also has a positive effect on CDs
After gentle brushing with the SK2, CDs sound 'fresher', more dynamic, and with a slight hard edge removed, making music more interesting and enjoyable to listen to.
So it's a very useful accessory for both vinyl and CD lovers!
Marco.
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Yesh, it burnishes the molecular structure of the Ethernet time domain, thereby ensuring hyper-accurate transfer of the weevil effluentDo you think it will work on flac files too ?
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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If you have a problem with flac and other hi-res virtual audio files (virtual because you cannot see them) maybe Malcolm Stewards' military grade sata cable would help.......
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yes and no chris,steve posted the same thread on Vinyl Engine but with updated parts which im going to try and copy.
Instead of a vacuum he used a mini airbrush compressor/vaccum pump which is apparrently much quieter.
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Ok, we appear to have a difference of opinion hereHi Mark,
No, not yet, but I'll try it later and report back
It's totally mad... When David sent me one to try, I thought to myself '£105 for what looks like a girl's make-up brush - f*ck that', but once you use it, the results speak for themselves...
Marco.
Have you tried this brush on CDs or similar silvered plastic 12CM discs yet Marco? Just asking, as David thinks you have & you can hear a difference
Lets be having it, or have i missed something on this thread here?
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post 71 dude, just a few above yours, I have just read the blurb and it does mention a positive effect on cd's as well as vinyl
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Sorry David, must have missed itIgnore my post Marco, only excuse i can use is i might have been pished
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I'm going to cause gasps of astonishment here! but I rarely use anything to clean my records. I just pop them on the platter, drop the needle on and listen.
I can't say I hear many pops or static stuff and if I do I just accept that its part of the medium or maybe I have simply tuned it out.
It just doesn't seem to bother me...
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