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Why does the recording sound better?

I have a Cambridge azur 840C CDP/DAC balanced connected to a Krell KAV 400xi amp. I just made a back-up of a CD I purchased (Alanis Morissette havoc and bright lights, great recording)to a light-scribe disk and i noticed the recording sounded better than the original in many respects. Now here's the kicker, I loaded the CD to my I-Pod (lossless)and played through my Wadia IDock 171I through the Digital inputs on my Cambridge CDP mentioned above. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why a recording may sound better than the original, any thoughts? I should mention I just received my CDP back from repair, which included a new transport, caps and firmware 1.2.
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rpg OP
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I thank all who responded to this post, I think I now understand why my recordings sound better. Using the gold color back of the lightscribe copy of the original may have helped. I am now wondering, does anyone have a suggestion as to the best media to use for backing up? What manufacturer and what type of CD disk?? Thanks!
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rpg OP
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I have seen "green mats" around $35 that you place on top of your CD that are claimed to improve the sound of your CD by allowing the laser in your CD drive to improve the focus of the laser and not shine through the CD, maybe this is why my lightscribe disk backup sounded better. Is this snake oil or is there anyone out there who has used such a tweak with success? Lastly, I inspected my CD collection and some of the disks are black and you could not see through them when held up to the light, I was able to clearly see through the other disks in my collection with the LightScribe copies being less transparent. Thoughts - Thanks! Rpg
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