Demagnetizing CDs?!

A few weeks ago I shaved some CDs, now let's demagnetize one.

*Note I've gone for the US English spelling of Demagnetized (despite my spell checker underlining it in red whenever it's typed) as this the spelling convention used on the device itself.

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Regularly asked question
Q) Why are there comments from days ago when this video has just gone live today?

[BriBCG]

They should have added a rewind feature to this. Demagnetize and rewind all in one convenient device!

[SubsonicNoise]

I‘m an audio engineer - Audiophiles are basically the laughing stock of our field. Working with them can be annoying, but you can trick them really easily - if they bring up a non existing issue with your mix for example, you twist some knobs on machines that aren‘t connected, give them some verbose explanation of what that did and play them the same mix again - they will, without fail, agree that it sounds much better 😁

[hvxcolors]

You just demonstrated it works: the CD was fully demagnetized after using that device. This just reminded me of throwing some more elephant powder on my balcony. In all the years I used it, never got an elephant on my balcony. Such a great product!

[TheRetroEngine]

The RD-1 is basically it's region. It can only demagnetise Japanese magnetic fields.

[syrophenikan]

“Gold plated optical cables.”

I see what you did there. Good one!

[Crazyfistish]

“As it turns out, I can talk about things for longer than I imagine I can.”
I love your dry delivery on such hilarious things.

[aDifferentJT]

The funniest thing to me is when they suggested that Aluminium being a “weak magnetic material” meant that it was particularly susceptible to magnetic fields, using weak in the exact opposite way.

[TheCrippledWerewolf]

The genious dry humor of putting 3 high-powered magnets on a CD called Ultramagnetic is why I have been subscribed to this channel for several years now.

[davegesell]

Nicely done. More Snake Oil for Audiophiles. I've long suspected that audiophiles enjoy listening to their equipment far more than they enjoy listening to music.

[unbiased]

5:45 I'm a little surprised you didn't consider the possibility that your old CD player couldn't read the disc simply because it was "heavily magnetized" 😁

[a]

I must confess I love a bit of audiophile snake oil. Always fascinating, in particular the guff they makeup to try to convince. My favourite to this date is the gold plated TOSLINK cable.

[crescentfreshsongs]

Best audiophile device I've found to this day is good old fashioned THC. Make your 1998-era MP3s over cheap earbuds sound like a concert hall! Even has a built-in visualizer sometimes.

[fearlessfreep]

"As it is it turns out I can talk about things longer than I imagine I can."

That is the essence of Techmoan.

[abborne]

CD demagnetizer, CD chamferer, gold-plated optical cable, HD VMD player -- I love how you took every opportunity to turn this into a hall of shame highlight reel!

[joechisten]

I'm loving this new "junk audiophile tech" series

[venson]

I love how he subtly roasted gold plated optical cables as well 😂

[Haydos]

Please do more audiophile stuff. I love seeing it.

[The_Original_Cujo]

I can confirm the findings in this video, I ran Metallica's Death Magnetic through the demagnetiser a couple of times and it still sounded awful afterwards.

[combatking]

Once you've done shaving the outer edge, colouring it with a marker and demagnetizing, it's important to clean the dust from your CDs by using a steel brush in gentle circular motions.
This will not only remove dust but also improve the overall sound quality thanks to the power sun spots.

[blaulichtneu]

This contraption reminds me suspiciously a CD rewinder...