— PATHOLOGY OF THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE

01 // REFRACTIVE ANOMALY

02 // SENSORY DETERIORATION

The real problem

The acoustic consequence

Through use, the passage of time, and the accumulation of superficial micro-scratches, the polycarbonate of a CD undergoes micro-deformations that affect its refractive index. When the laser beam passes through this damaged surface, it scatters erratically. Consequently, the laser reader must perform constant, high-frequency error correction.

When the error-correction circuit becomes saturated while interpolating missing or distorted data, digital sound loses definition, and the soundstage shrinks, becoming opaque, metallic, or compressed toward the center.

• COHERENT RESTORATION

The SPECTRA effect

By restoring nominal refraction using a precision array, the laser beam travels cleanly, without stray scattering. The reader deciphers the digital information effortlessly, with a lower rate of reading errors.

-JITTER

Nominal reading rate

+LINEAL

Higher harmonics

3D STAGE

Stereophonic soundstage

The noise floor drops as parasitic jitter is eliminated and the burden of forced bit interpolation in the head servo is removed.

The upper harmonics are cleaned up, revealing a natural, well-defined brilliance—free from the typical harshness or coldness associated with uncontrolled jitter.

Channel separation improves radically, yielding a soundstage that is noticeably wider, more dimensional, and more precise.