Is there a reliable CD that is safe and works?? Also a CD laser cleaner??


This is a two headed question about CD and Laser cleaners.  I have seen adds for Shinola CD cleaner and possibly Mobile Fidelity.  I am always concerned that these liquid  cleaner may eventually damage the CD play surface.

I ask because today while playing a used CD of an older Belle and Sebastian album,  the last two tracks began to warble and repeat, then actually stopped even though the time counter was moving. I cleaned the CD with a simple eyeglass cloth WITHOUT a liquid cleaner, but it did not help.

I don't recall this problem before, but noticed one or two very superficial scratches on the CD playsurface.  The CD player is a Ayre CX-7e mp and has performed flawlessly for the last 4 years of ownership. The CD currently is one shelf above from a BAT power amp that gets hot after a hour or so after turn-on and use. At times, the CD chassis seems warm.

I would hope that the heat from the amp is not causing the player to misread the CD.. This never happened before and the amp has at least a 4 inch clearance on top, for air flow.


Thanks,  SJ 



sunnyjim

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It sounds like its probably the CD and not the player. Try coping the CD and see if the copy works. Most of the time, it will.

Before you open the Ayre and clean it, I would call them first and see what they say. Ayre is a really good company, and I've seen many times where a manufacturer like this covers the product under warranty years after it expired.