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Subject: More CD Rumors
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Date: 22 Mar 90 13:58:43 GMT
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The latest CD rumor is that darkening the inner and the outer rings of a CD
with an orange marker (has to be orange!) will improve sound quality.
Seriously.  I heard this on the BBC world service (which is not known for
the high quality of its sound by any means).  
   Where do these rumors start?  Why do I keep hearing them?  Armor-All I
might be able to understand, but there is no real information stored on the
inner and outer bits of a CD, and therefore you could blacken (or remove)
them without affecting the sound.  Is it part of the Enid conspiracy?  Do
people actually take these seriously?

--scott
   (who hears digital audio from his radio all day long)