> > Actually, there are Gold CDs. If you look in Sterophile magazine there > > are companies that sell pressed Gold CDs. Basically the aluminum middle > > layer is plated in gold. Suposidately the gold coating makes a difference > > in the sound. > > It cannot possibly, since the sound is digital. Unless you are > reading it incorrectly -- audio CDs have no error checking. However, > this almost never happens and if it does it would not be noticeable > anyway.
Don't go there, man. Audiophiles are not scientists, they are a religious cult. They think you can change a CD's sound by using green or blue magic marker on the rim of the CD to cut down on light being refracted through the CD. (Someone even got the idea "hey, if blue magic marker works then having a blue light in the inside of the player should work as well and that way people won't have to magic marker each CD individuall" and the idiots go out and buy players with blue lights in them. Oh, and gluing little metal poker chips to the fronts of speakers makes them sound better.) And... Utter nuts, and they believe that anyone that says "what the fuck???????" on being told this is a reactionary. Oh well, enough abuse of the list for one day. :) Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
