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- Μηνύματα
- 8.978
- Reaction score
- 895
CD treatment.
Πώς και γιατί δουλεύουν - αν δουλεύουν; Σχετική "έρευνα" - απο τη μεριά του χομπίστα/reviewer - φιλοξενεί το 6moons.com:
"To make Geoff's story short, the Intelligent Chip works by having one to three quantum dots depending on the type of IC. The dots are encapsulated by the visible metal discs on the green wafer when you open the orange container. When coherent light from a laser hits the quantum dot, the dot will react by emitting photons. These photons hit the CD in the player and there they do their work."
...
Our search ended with Japan's Hitachi Corp. They produce almost anything imaginable, including CD production systems. Here we found a clue that linked Nanotec's theory on the workings of their Nespa and Kait's effects of the IC. Hitachi states that it is common knowledge that surfaces of certain plastics are modified by ultra-violet light irradiation. UV has a short wavelength and thus high energy. UV is able to cut the stable bonds of the molecules at the surface of the plastic. While doing this, the surface will be flattened and smoothed. When the plastic to be treated happens to be a polycarbonate -- a plastic which contains oxygen -- the effect of UV treatment is even stronger.
So by means of UV treatment, a CD made from polycarbonate is changed at the plastic surface. This is the same effect that is used in hardening or curing with UV. Polycarbonate is an amorphous substance, hence its great optical qualities. Take for example lenses and glasses made from it. In chemistry, it is called Fries rearrangement by means of photo-chemical excitation. That's also the action of our photon cannons. Back to Hitachi. They have fabricated an optical disc stamping machine that bombards a freshly stamped disc with UV before it is sputtered with aluminum or gold. They thus used prior UV exposure on the information carrying side of the disc. While UV treating the disc, Hitachi claims that the slight hardening and thus smoothing of the surface decreased noise when the finished disc was played. The 'pollution' that caused the noise was the irregular surface of the areas between the pits and lands. Hitachi provides hard figures as well. An untreated disc has a surface roughness of 1.0nm (nanometer). In comparison, a pit has a 'height' of 0.11mm (micrometer), 10.000 times larger. Hitachi measured the noise level and with a surface roughness of 1.0nm found a noise level of -123dBm/Hz while after UV treatment, the roughness minimized to 0.6nm and the noise level to -127dBm/Hz.
This is all fine for a stamper. Audiophiles have to deal with a finished product where the pits are already covered with a shiny layer, including this alleged surface roughness. The question remains why the photon bombardment does what it does. Is the reflective layer, the mirror, enhancing the photons' power right at the border of the two materials to give credence to Nanotec's theory? And what is the effect of the polycarbonate itself as it is slowing the incoming light's speed by almost 50% while also refracting and focusing it? Too bad we still have all of these questions remaining but hey, what do we know? We're just hobbyists."
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Και ένα review μίας τέτοιας συσκευής, του Intelligent Box.
Δείτε τι έχουν κάνει με την "credit card"...
"Now to economics. The Intelligent Box costs $400 and should last a lifetime. It comes with one Intelligent Card with a credit of 100 photon treatments. Replacement cards are $200/ea."
Πάντως οι reviewer λένε ότι, αν και δε συμφέρει, "δουλεύει":
"Well, if this were the final conclusion on the Intelligent Box, it'd be a pretty negative one. It does give us a viable off-line device to enhance optical discs by means of photon treatment - at a price. Audible results are very good and it is hard to listen to a non- treated disc after listening to an enhanced version of that same disc on any CDP. Once used, always hooked so to speak. With the ease of use the IB offers, the crème de la crème of a CD collection can be enhanced in no time. And here comes the twist to our previous conclusion. How many CDs from a collection are part of the crème de la crème? 10%? 20%? How big is your CD collection? In our sphere of acquaintances, the mean CD collection of music lovers is 500 discs. Let's say 20% of those 500 are really worthwhile recordings to get enhanced because you listen to them a lot beginning to end. That's 100 discs. In order to treat these 100 best discs from your collection, the basic package of $400 Intelligent Box will do. Is the IB still expensive now? However, we hope the retail price for the Intelligent Card comes down real soon so that more audio hobbyist can enjoy the benefits of this photon cannon.
Because we still have no 100% explanation for how these light treatments work on the physical disc itself, we will keep searching for that elusive answer. In the meantime, zap away. That part isn't in question at all."
Full Review
Πληροφορίες που θέλουν τα 100 πρώτα μέλη του K.K. Fan Club να λαμβάνουν ως δώρο ένα Photon Cannon, ελέγχονται ως ανακριβείς.
Πώς και γιατί δουλεύουν - αν δουλεύουν; Σχετική "έρευνα" - απο τη μεριά του χομπίστα/reviewer - φιλοξενεί το 6moons.com:
"To make Geoff's story short, the Intelligent Chip works by having one to three quantum dots depending on the type of IC. The dots are encapsulated by the visible metal discs on the green wafer when you open the orange container. When coherent light from a laser hits the quantum dot, the dot will react by emitting photons. These photons hit the CD in the player and there they do their work."
...
Our search ended with Japan's Hitachi Corp. They produce almost anything imaginable, including CD production systems. Here we found a clue that linked Nanotec's theory on the workings of their Nespa and Kait's effects of the IC. Hitachi states that it is common knowledge that surfaces of certain plastics are modified by ultra-violet light irradiation. UV has a short wavelength and thus high energy. UV is able to cut the stable bonds of the molecules at the surface of the plastic. While doing this, the surface will be flattened and smoothed. When the plastic to be treated happens to be a polycarbonate -- a plastic which contains oxygen -- the effect of UV treatment is even stronger.
So by means of UV treatment, a CD made from polycarbonate is changed at the plastic surface. This is the same effect that is used in hardening or curing with UV. Polycarbonate is an amorphous substance, hence its great optical qualities. Take for example lenses and glasses made from it. In chemistry, it is called Fries rearrangement by means of photo-chemical excitation. That's also the action of our photon cannons. Back to Hitachi. They have fabricated an optical disc stamping machine that bombards a freshly stamped disc with UV before it is sputtered with aluminum or gold. They thus used prior UV exposure on the information carrying side of the disc. While UV treating the disc, Hitachi claims that the slight hardening and thus smoothing of the surface decreased noise when the finished disc was played. The 'pollution' that caused the noise was the irregular surface of the areas between the pits and lands. Hitachi provides hard figures as well. An untreated disc has a surface roughness of 1.0nm (nanometer). In comparison, a pit has a 'height' of 0.11mm (micrometer), 10.000 times larger. Hitachi measured the noise level and with a surface roughness of 1.0nm found a noise level of -123dBm/Hz while after UV treatment, the roughness minimized to 0.6nm and the noise level to -127dBm/Hz.
This is all fine for a stamper. Audiophiles have to deal with a finished product where the pits are already covered with a shiny layer, including this alleged surface roughness. The question remains why the photon bombardment does what it does. Is the reflective layer, the mirror, enhancing the photons' power right at the border of the two materials to give credence to Nanotec's theory? And what is the effect of the polycarbonate itself as it is slowing the incoming light's speed by almost 50% while also refracting and focusing it? Too bad we still have all of these questions remaining but hey, what do we know? We're just hobbyists."
Click
Και ένα review μίας τέτοιας συσκευής, του Intelligent Box.
Δείτε τι έχουν κάνει με την "credit card"...
"Now to economics. The Intelligent Box costs $400 and should last a lifetime. It comes with one Intelligent Card with a credit of 100 photon treatments. Replacement cards are $200/ea."
Πάντως οι reviewer λένε ότι, αν και δε συμφέρει, "δουλεύει":
"Well, if this were the final conclusion on the Intelligent Box, it'd be a pretty negative one. It does give us a viable off-line device to enhance optical discs by means of photon treatment - at a price. Audible results are very good and it is hard to listen to a non- treated disc after listening to an enhanced version of that same disc on any CDP. Once used, always hooked so to speak. With the ease of use the IB offers, the crème de la crème of a CD collection can be enhanced in no time. And here comes the twist to our previous conclusion. How many CDs from a collection are part of the crème de la crème? 10%? 20%? How big is your CD collection? In our sphere of acquaintances, the mean CD collection of music lovers is 500 discs. Let's say 20% of those 500 are really worthwhile recordings to get enhanced because you listen to them a lot beginning to end. That's 100 discs. In order to treat these 100 best discs from your collection, the basic package of $400 Intelligent Box will do. Is the IB still expensive now? However, we hope the retail price for the Intelligent Card comes down real soon so that more audio hobbyist can enjoy the benefits of this photon cannon.
Because we still have no 100% explanation for how these light treatments work on the physical disc itself, we will keep searching for that elusive answer. In the meantime, zap away. That part isn't in question at all."
Full Review
Πληροφορίες που θέλουν τα 100 πρώτα μέλη του K.K. Fan Club να λαμβάνουν ως δώρο ένα Photon Cannon, ελέγχονται ως ανακριβείς.
