Dammit now I'm dragged into this
Hmmm...not sure if I concur, as I would say 30-40% of my CD collection is
older than 10 years,(for instance Microphonies by CV or Yo! Bumrush the
Show by PE) and I have not yet had problems playing any of them.
(I can't speak for CD-R's)
peace
Nate
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Alan R. Lucas wrote:
quoted 14 lines On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, eric hill wrote:> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, eric hill wrote:
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> > changed to something closer to the current formula in the 40's. we don't
> > have any 50 year-old cd's yet, so the durablity problem remains to be seen
>
> unfortunately, most CD's aren't going to last (at original quality) for a
> whole lot longer than 10 years. from what i've been told by
> preservationists and archivists, the only CD's that last are ones burned
> on gold sandwiched between glass. no joke. makes me want to cry and
> seriously consider throwing down for a turntable.
>
> alan!
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