[Diamond Dog]

Citizens of Audio Nation : I was reading a thread on the Bryston Circle about system warm-up and one of the posters brought up the topic of de-magnetizing your system periodically. This inspired me to dig out my seldom-seen XLO/Reference Recordings Test/Burn-In CD and run the two de-magnetization tracks ( Demagnetizing Sweep & Demagnetizing Fade ) three times each and Shazam Hot Damn ! It was like I had blankets over my speakers and suddenly pulled them off. The improvement was not subtle...
If you have one of these discs ( or one of the others available ) and haven't done a demag for a while, do yourself a solid and put that baby to work for you. If you don't have a demag disc, it's the cheapest system upgrade you will ever make so get your mitts on one without delay...

I can only speak for the XLO disc but if you spin the black circle, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING ! Some of these demag sweeps can apparently damage phono cartridges. RFTM, kids!

D.D.

[lonewolfny42]

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING ! Some of these demag sweeps can apparently damage phono cartridges.

Info and Samples....for the Cd....

http://www.amazon.com/XLO-Reference-Test-Burn-Recordings/dp/B0000015AL

[chester_audio]

Great tip! I try to  do this every 6 months or so. The Cardas test record has sweep tracks that do this safely for cartridges.

[Rclark]

 excuse me, I think I might still be drunk, but did you say I play a demagnetization track on my cd player and it magically transforms my system? Excuse me but what? Not following you. Wait, the ceiling is spinning, be right back.

[rollo]

 Yes siree Bob. The Cardas Ayre disc is very affective. Magic ?  The Gryphon Exorcist more so. Clarity improves as if veils were lifted. Magnetism can build up over time. Once treated correctly the results are easily heard.
  So unless one has personal experience using either piece opinions are well just that.


charles

[kingdeezie]

This is an honest question, but might be considered a foolish one...

Does the actual sweeps on the track demag the system, or the CD itself somehow?

I am asking because I don't have a CD player anymore in my system. I use the PerfectWave DAC and Bridge. Would playing the demag tracks over a stream provide the same results?