Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"
>   From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
>   Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:20:31 -0700
>     To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
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>On 10/17/2005 at 1:06 PM Roger Merchberger wrote:
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>>OMFG! Freezing CD's makes 'em sound better?!?!? And what the heck is 
>>Cream-Electret -- nevermind - I don't wanna know after all. <:-O
>
>Roger, brass musicians of the same mindset have been paying big money for
>years to have someone dunk their instrument in a dewar of liquid nitrogen,
>waxing euphoric about the way the instrument response changes.   Of course,
>there's no real basis in science and most of the victims overlook the
>"prep" work that's part of the package and really makes the big difference.

Actually hardening and annealing with extreme cold or heat has a measurable
effect on metals.  There is _some_  rational basis there.

However.. local temerature changes (environment) affect the metals used 
to a greater extent through expansion and contraction.

FYI: it was tested by dupont years ago that nylon (as in pantyhose) treated
with a LN2 dunk had a better wear characteristic.  No memory of why that was
found to work.

>Mark my words--the audiophile fringe will be dunking CD's in liquid N2 any
>day now...

Did it, they smash far better, louder too!  (Those pesky AOL CDs).  
Can't say that they play better though.


Allison