Customer Reviews

Allsop Pro Laser-Lens Cleaner

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about a week agoi bought this to clean my car cd player lens that was skipping every time i hit the smallest bump. then my dvd player was having problems reading disks and after contacting the manafacturer they said just to use a cd cleaner in it, so i told them what i had and they said it would do fine and it did! now my cd and dvd player ore both skip free and working like new.

Before I bought this lens cleaner I had owned my DVD player for a year and had played more than 100 DVDs. I never thought about cleaning the DVD player when I began having a lot of trouble with new and old DVDs skipping and stopping. With one cleaning though the problem was cleared up the performance of my DVD player improved dramatically.

The instructions on this product are pretty easy to follow. And it only took one cleaning to see the improvement. After the first use you'll see how cleaning only takes about 20 seconds so it's not time-consuming whatsoever.

I confess to being a little wary (of damage... knocking the lens etc) before trying this product.

It is a specially-designed CD which has eight tiny tufts of what look like soft nylon bristles which the lens encounters and is gently and rapidly swiped by as you 'play' the track on the CD to which they are attached.

Immediately after performing the pretty quick cleaning operation I definitely noticed more 'bloom' to the sound from both speakers (Classe amp/CD with Logan electrostatics).

So, yes, the product was safe for me, does what it says, is well-priced and effective; I would recommend it.

My DVD player works better with this lens cleaner. There's definitely less skipping when watching a DVD.

I cannot help but wonder how this device helped two other people who used it on car stereos. Car CD players have a front loading mechanism, as opposed to a tray or top loading, and the instructions specifically say not to use it -- bacause this damages the brushes. If the brushes are out of alignment, as they should be after using the cleaner in the car stereo, the device will do nothing for your CD player. It helped a little with my CD-ROM, but I highly doubt it could ever solve the neverending issue of a dirty car CD player.

The Allsop cleaner is one of those electronic disc toys that you just might need. Basically it fine tunes your CD/DVD player in many ways with twenty-one different checks.

*The first part of the disc is simply an introduction to what the disc is capable of doing.
*The second section if the actual cleaning part where eight tiny brushes remove lint, hair, grease and debris from your lens head. Think of your lens as a flashlight. It removes all of the garbage to give a clean reading of your disc.
*Third is the basic sound check for your system.
*Then number four verifies your speaker locations.
*The fifth task informs you of `in-phase' speakers, basically telling you if your speakers are pushing or pulling in unison. This is critical for perfect sound.
*Number six looks for `system purity'. In other words, any pops, hissing or static is found and lets you know what speakers need to be checked for correct connections.
*The seventh task checks maximum fidelity by using `pink noise' to equalize your speakers.
*Task eight checks your tweeters, mid-range and bass sounds.
*Number nine checks your `highs' and `lows' for each speaker.
*Number ten verifies your stereo maximization for stereo sound.
*Eleven is the Dolby Pro-Logic surround sound test to make sure you complete system sounds like a theater production.
*Twelve checks all speakers and wires for proper connection.
*Thirteen is a system balance test with static noise.
*Fourteen is a volume test for each speaker for equal balance so no speaker out-sounds any other.
*Fifteen is the `sound imaging spectral balance test' which is simply the total balance for sound of your system.
*Sixteen will verify if the sounds on your music or movie DVD sound correctly, like a plane moving across your screen from left to right or a bullet flying from the front to the rear speakers.
*Seventeen is for `system clarity' that pinpoints errant noises in your speakers that can be fixed for clarity.
*Eighteen challenges all speakers for tweeter, mid-range and bass for a balanced sound.
*Nineteen is called the `rattle test' which checks `rattles' or physical problem within your speakers like loose wires, loose screws or speakers.
*Twenty is the `Dynamic import test' which checks responsiveness in all speakers.
*Twenty-one will verify your systems complete balance with a sound effect composite with special effects, so you know your system is at its peak.

This check takes about half an hour, but it is well worth your time for your surround or stereo system. I tried it in my Sony surround system which plays everything and in my cars Alpine system. It helped in both. One thing I was surprise about is some of my DVD-Audio discs were skipping, which told me I needed to clean the surface of the discs and now they play perfectly. Your lens is very delicate and this disc is the cure-all for everything that can be fixed on your system. It is a great investment.

I bought this to clean a very damaged CD player. Loaned my cd player to a friend who basically destroyed it. Allsop saved the day, my cd plays like new. Moral of the story, do not lend your music player to friends.

This disk has tiny, tiny little brushes on it. It didn't seem to do anything for my DVD player.

Can't say much about this item. My DVD player wouldn't even load it. Either the cleaner is useless or my DVD player is too far gone! =(