KLUDGE@AGCB8.LARC.NASA.GOV (04/12/90)
I wish to thank Dr. Ornitz for the excellent work on Armor-All which was presented in a recent Info-High-Audio. I do wish to point out that at the center of this research, no effort was spent in determining the actual mode of action by which the music itself was improved. Having seen Dr. Wokka's research, in which Armor-All was also applied to LP's and magnetic tape, with a dramatic improvement in fidelity as well as the revenues of the Ortofon/Tandberg service department, I wish to ask if the Armor-All process is specific to reproduction, or to the music itself. For example, would spraying sheet music with armor-all improve it? How about spraying the musicians and the instruments themselves? In previous work (T. Monk, 1952), substances such as C. Sativa extracts have been found to improve musical quality when applied to directly to the musicians themselves, and it is possible that the mechanism of action of Armor-All upon compact disks may be similar. More research on the subject must be conducted. A grant from the Centre for the Absorption of Federal Funds is in progress, although owing to the recent failure of the Centre's Gasoline to Coal conversion project, these grant funds are not expected to be available for some time. --scott