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The Cable Company Magnetic Specials
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Furutech DeMag
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Furutech's DeMag
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For several years, we have recommended the Furutech RD2 disc demagnetizer for those listeners that wanted to improve the sound of their CD playback. Furutech has now discontinued this product and replaced it with a new product called the DeMag for $1800. While several times the price of the RD2, the DeMag has taken the demagnetization process to new levels, and to additional audio products. The research and documentation of the before/after testing, and the feedback from their Beta testers, all confirm just how effective the DeMag can be in removing magnetism from CD's, DVD, cables, and LP's???????
Yes, we said LP (vinyl album) playback is improved after treatment on the DeMag. Before you call the men in the white coats on us, let me explain this a bit. The pigments used to make an LP black in color contain ferrous materials. These materials have been shown to retain magnetic fields and therefore hold static charges during playback of an LP. The treatment of the LP with Furutech's DeMag eliminates this magnetism, which allows the LP playback to be quieter, with a blacker background, less surface noise, and more "air" at higher frequencies.
CD's spin at a high rate of speed as they play, which induces a magnetic field. This magnetic field causes read and retry errors, and as the read error rate increases, the correction circuitry works harder, and the sound of the CD is less open and realistic. After treatment of the CD (or DVD) on the Furutech DeMag, the playback has less magnetically-induced distortion, resulting in high frequencies that sound cleaner and more lifelike than before, as well as better imaging and more depth to the soundstage. In the case of video DVD's the picture is sharper and clearer, with less smearing during rapid motion sequences. The older and more frequently played the disc, the more pronounced the improvement with treatment.
Finally, the DeMag allows you to demagnetize signal cables and power cords. These cables tend to suffer from magnetic build-up over time, and treatment of the cables with the DeMag removes this residual condition, allowing you to hear more of the system and less of the veil of magnetism on the cables, that blocks some of the delicate nuances so important to experienced listener.
If you want to read all of the testing, technical arguments, and view the charts and graphs of the before and after treatment of the DeMag, please visit Furutech's website.
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Walker Audio Talisman
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Walker Audio Talisman
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And meanwhile, if you find the cost of the Furutech DeMag to be a nonstarter, back on Earth comes the timely arrival of a "manual" tool in the form of Walker Audio's Talisman wand. The Talisman primarily is used to de-static an LP or a CD, although it does have a mild demagnetizing effect as well.
What is it?
After a lot of R&D, Walker has come up with an arrangement of special magnets set in epoxy in aluminum.
What does it do?
Not a demagnetizer per se, although it does have a mild demagnetizing effect, the primary function is to eliminate static electricity.
How to use it?
For CD's or DVD's wave the Talisman just above the disc before putting in the player . For front-loading players there is an additional benefit from also treating the drawer.
Use on a spinning LP by lightly touching the edge of the LP with a finger on right hand while waving the Talisman slowly over the LP with your left hand for about 8 seconds. (Note that the Talisman is in the left hand, away from the phono cartridge!)
It works!
Intro special until the 15th of October: purchase the Talisman for $175 (reg. $199).
Click here for more on the Talisman.
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Aesthetix ABCD Cartridge Demagnetizer
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Although still the subject of some debate, most analog users agree that moving coil cartridges do benefit from periodic demagnetization of the coils. Keep in mind that an MC phono cartridge consists of one or more coils of wire, wrapped around an iron core, moving within a magnetic field. As the coils travel up and down during playback, the core of the coils becomes more and more magnetic. As a result of this phenomenon, some of the details within your LP's never get translated. Regular demagnetization of the cartridge with the automatic ABCD will eliminate this residual magnetism, and your moving coil cartridge will once again perform like it did when it was new. Keep in mind, that you should NEVER attempt to demagnetize a moving magnet cartridge, as this device will demagnetize the very thing that makes the cartridge work!
Click here for more information on the ABCD.
From now until the 15th of October, save $30 on the Aesthetix ABCD Cartridge Demagnetizer - regularly priced at $200 - special price - $169.
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Purist Audio Design Burn-in Disc
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The System Enhancer is a compact disc that slashes the break-in time for a new audio system from days to 6 hours. By sending a carefully controlled, mathematically designed signal through the system, the CD preconditions system components-removing the brittleness that a new system often imposes on the music being reproduced. The signal is extremely broad bandwidth for better break-in at the frequency extremes than is achieved by using music alone for break-in.
Used once a month, the System Enhancer reconditions a system to maintain peak performance by reducing residual magnetism without having to disassemble the system. Each compact disc runs for 74 minutes and is made individually in real time, not pressed from a master copy like ordinary CDs. Using the System Enhancer couldn't be simpler: just drop the special disc into the CD player and push start.
Save $50: regularly $150, now $99!
Click here for more details!
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For additional information on these offers and frequent updates speak with your Cable Company consultant, or visit our websites: www.fatwyre.com and www.ultrasystem.com. For hundreds of specials on used and demo cables, visit www.usedcable.com.
Or call us Mon.- Fri. 10 -6; Sat. 11-5 Eastern time on 800-328-9973 (or 215-862-4870). Fax: 215-862-4871
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