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Audio Desk trimmer makes your CDs even rounder
Audiophiles will tell you that if a CD has even the slightest wobble as it spins in your player, it can introduce jitter in the digital stream that negatively affects the sound. In the exotic audio world, wherever there's a problem, someone always comes up with a really expensive solution, and wobbly CDs are no different. The Audio Desk Systeme from Germany, spins your disc at high speed, then uses a sharp blade to perfectly trim the edge. It even gives the edge a 38 degree angle to "reduce laser scatter", resulting in "improvements in focus, transient attack, detail, and transparency."
You can test these claims out for yourself for a mere $899.95
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By Doubting Thomas at 4:28 PM ON 10/12/08
"Jitter in the digital stream"? I call BS.
By yaos at 6:24 PM ON 10/12/08
It's true, I thought the music on my newest CD sounded a bit odd and when I opened it up most of the 1's and 0's had tangled theirselves up in each other from all the jitter!
By DelosWorld at 10:02 PM ON 10/12/08
The jitter in the CD digital output stream is the same whether or not the CD "Wobbles" and is purely a finction of the master clock oscillator in the CD player. Any time varying errors from data detection during playback are absorbed by an output buffer that keeps the output data flow at the proper rate. It's also the same mechanism that allows a CD player Walkman to maintain constant audio output even in the presence of bumps and drops that prevent proper tracking during the read process. Of course if you screw up the data read process so much that the buffer can't be filled faster than data readout then you have a problem.
By Anonymous at 8:00 AM ON 10/13/08
Having audio problems with cds?
Then get an mp3 player.
By madcow3417 at 10:38 AM ON 10/13/08
I could get an actual lathe for that price and put a 39° angle on the cd just for fun.
By jk at 3:28 PM ON 10/13/08
Yet another way of separating audiophiles with more money than is good for them from their cash.
Let's get them to buy some insanely expensive cables, too.
By Resuna at 5:11 PM ON 10/13/08
I have some old business-card stye CDs that are shaped like a little map of Texas. I hate to think what they're doing to the 1s and 0s in my poor CD player!
By LAWLER at 5:41 PM ON 10/13/08
Sofa King Wii Todd Did
By royphil345 at 10:29 PM ON 10/13/08
I'd say a "wobbly dic might cause a few reading errors that the error correction has to correct... Just because it's round doesn't necessarily mean it's balanced though. What a crock...
By royphil345 at 10:32 PM ON 10/13/08
I'd say a "wobbly disc" might cause a few reading errors the error correction has to correct... Just because it's round doesn't necessarily mean it's balanced though. What a crock...
By veeeeeeepeee at 2:53 AM ON 10/14/08
tried one, it works well, is pricey and well thought out.
By Riba at 4:47 AM ON 10/14/08
hmmz, or buy yourself a better, more stable, cd player for the same money? on the cheap folks, just 'paint' the inner and outerlines black with a permanent marker and then you really hear the difference.
By Morontz at 8:03 PM ON 10/14/08
I think the angle should be adjustable to coincide with your latitude position on earth to ensure the correct angular ejaculation of stray laser scatter.
By wnd at 5:36 AM ON 10/15/08
My cd-drive has been always able to perform Jitter Correction without a single fail on all audio cd's I've ripped so far, so I don't really see what's the problem here. I think any modern cd player and drive can do this automatically, so this "tool" is really just an useless relic that might help some of the first, simple players.
By smalls85 at 9:00 AM ON 10/15/08
Once you've purchased this product, I have a CD rewinder that I'll sell you for $19.95.
By rotelrb1090 at 12:12 PM ON 11/03/08
I thought this was an audiophile toy and wouldn’t make much of a difference. I had a chance to hear a cut and un-cut disk. There was a big difference in the sound. The test system was Audio Research with Sonus Faber Elipsa speakers. The cd player used was the AR Reference CD7 which is one of the best cd players around. I measured several cd I have and they have 2 to 2.5 mm run-out on them so they may be round, but not concentric with the centre hole. My stereo is only worth a fraction of what the AR system is worth. I do not know if that would make a difference. From what I heard it is worth the money, if you have a large cd collection and a high-end system.