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Re: A couple of questions for all you CD demagnetists out there.

[ If the heat relaxes manufacturing stresses making the edges of the pits and lands more defined than before, then how are these stresses suddenly restored by simply playing the disc and subsequently making the edges of the pits and lands less defined again? ]

I am hypothesizing that the plastic temporarily relaxes, and gradually returns to it's previous state over time. The plastic matrix could have a memory effect to it, espcially if the heating was not great enough to actually melt the plastic, and to cause a permanent change.

[ How does the foil reduce the electrostatic charge on the CD without itself becoming charged? What difference does it make if the static charge is on the CD or the foil? ]

Perhaps a better way to put it would be to say that the charge had been equalized over the surface of the disc, and that some might drain off into the person touching the foil.

An even charge would not task the laser head read servo as much, and put less PS hash into the CD circuits and sub-systems, and thus, help reduce jitter.


Jon Risch


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