MOTM

Okay, a few people are going to say I am nuts for saying this, but 
it`s one of the major reasons for some of its inefficiencies.

THE DISCS ARE NOT PERFECTLY ROUND. 

When the discs come out of the factory, they look round,but they are 
far from round. This creates a push-pull wobble effect. 

I have done blind listening tests with the same discs. One of them is 
the factory version and the other is a perfectly round bevelled disc.
I heard information on the bevelled disc which was missing from the 
factory disc. Don`t believe any of the AudioFools who say it doesn`t 
make a difference. Any person who can hear properly, can spot the 
difference right away. It`s amazing, that the manufacturers let this 
happen in the first place. Even AudioFool CD`s aren`t bevelled.

The reason, I didn`t answer this question more quickly, was that i 
couldn`t find the website for you to see for yourself. The bevelling 
machine comes from Germany.

There are DAC`s out there, that don`t use any filtering whatsoever.
Please check out the URL below.

http://www.sakurasystems.com/articles/pitracermemo.html

This is a Japanese company, which is way ahead of the game. Instead 
of fixing the Digital to Analog converter with filtering and 
oversampling, they choose to attack the problem at its source. They 
keep parts, in the units, down to the bare minimum to get the job 
done. 

Regards,
RM