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<< JON RISCH >> - Crystal Sandbag Questions

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Posted by Cyril R on May 7, 2000 at 13:29:35

Jon,

I am planning on performing your "Crystal Sandbag" tweak on my CD player (Marantz CD-67se) and had some questions pertaining to the following paragraph from your web-site ;

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This needs to be done ever so carefully. All power should be removed from the CD player or DAC, you should discharge any static electricity by grounding yourself before opening or touching anything inside the player, make sure the drawer mechanism will clear any thing you
add to the player ( a huge bag of sand is not necessary for this to be effective), and that the cloth or bag of sand will not block ventalation or rest on a hot power supply regulator IC. A cotton cloth, such as a handkerchief should be used as insulation from the plastic of the sand bag, then the limp "baggie" style (not zip lock) plastic bag loosely filled with sand is placed around and over the crystal, tucking the loose sand in around the crystal without getting too forcefull.
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Q1. What do you mean by "baggie" style plastic bag, and where can it be sourced/purchased from ?

Q2. Are you saying that a piece of cotton cloth must be wrapped over the sand-filled plastic bag before it is placed over the crystal ?

Q3. Is there no risk of the cotton cloth (or plastic bag) burning due to any heat that may be generated by the crystal ?

Thanks,

Cyril

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