Demagnetizing CDs?!
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Published 2022-10-01
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*Note I've gone for the US English spelling of Demagnetized (despite my spell checker underlining it in red whenever it's typed) as this the spelling convention used on the device itself.
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All Comments (21)
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I‘m an audio engineer - Audiophiles are basically the laughing stock of our field. Working with them can be annoying, but you can trick them really easily - if they bring up a non existing issue with your mix for example, you twist some knobs on machines that aren‘t connected, give them some verbose explanation of what that did and play them the same mix again - they will, without fail, agree that it sounds much better 😁
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They should have added a rewind feature to this. Demagnetize and rewind all in one convenient device!
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The RD-1 is basically it's region. It can only demagnetise Japanese magnetic fields.
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The genious dry humor of putting 3 high-powered magnets on a CD called Ultramagnetic is why I have been subscribed to this channel for several years now.
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What won't an audiophile buy? A hearing test.
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The funniest thing to me is when they suggested that Aluminium being a “weak magnetic material” meant that it was particularly susceptible to magnetic fields, using weak in the exact opposite way.
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I love how he subtly roasted gold plated optical cables as well 😂
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Best audiophile device I've found to this day is good old fashioned THC. Make your 1998-era MP3s over cheap earbuds sound like a concert hall! Even has a built-in visualizer sometimes.
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“Gold plated optical cables.” I see what you did there. Good one!
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You just demonstrated it works: the CD was fully demagnetized after using that device. This just reminded me of throwing some more elephant powder on my balcony. In all the years I used it, never got an elephant on my balcony. Such a great product!
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This contraption reminds me suspiciously a CD rewinder...
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I would have liked to see a magnetic field viewer passed over the disc, just to show that it can’t be magnetized
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I must confess I love a bit of audiophile snake oil. Always fascinating, in particular the guff they makeup to try to convince. My favourite to this date is the gold plated TOSLINK cable.
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“As it turns out, I can talk about things for longer than I imagine I can.” I love your dry delivery on such hilarious things.
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Having an understanding of how data is read from a cd, how a digital signal differs from an analog signal, and having a rudimentary understanding of sampling theorm and digital audio compression is a lot more than most consumers at the time would be knowledgeable about. It's the perfect snakeoil product
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those gold plated optical cables may not gain anything from being gold plated, but at least the cables are functional, which is more than can be said for this device
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Nicely done. More Snake Oil for Audiophiles. I've long suspected that audiophiles enjoy listening to their equipment far more than they enjoy listening to music.
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5:45 I'm a little surprised you didn't consider the possibility that your old CD player couldn't read the disc simply because it was "heavily magnetized" 😁
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Using an ultramagnetic MCs cd is hilarious, you’ve also got a great taste in music from what I’ve seen I remember you showing a dr. octagon cassette in a video a while ago
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Magnetic audiotape has a relatively high coercivity. The bulk erasers I used back in the analog era drew several amps and buzzed loudly enough to be heard from another room.
