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RE: I didn't know that. I thought it was just to prevent deterioration. Interesting. (NT)

Reflectivity is not (rpt not) a function of electrical resistance.reflectivity is a physical property of a metal surface, how much light is scattered, absorbed or reflected. Electrical resistance has nothing to do with it. Reflectivity is a function of the color of the metal, purity, atomic structure, surface smoothness and color/wavelength of the light in question. The CD laser Light happens to be near infrared, invisible to the naked eye. The problems with CDs (In terms of sound quality) arise primarily during the laser reading process. No matter how much you have in the end you would have had even more if you started out with more.


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