Question. With all this talk about what you'd pay for a record, is there a resource in print or online, like Goldmine, that would place a value? Or is this just a totally underground territory? Where does one place $300 value on a record in this genre?
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:28:58 -0400 (EDT) > To: Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ken Odeluga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > placid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) Re: what's the most people are willing to pay for rekkids? > > I'm not sure of the media "deteriorating" per se, but I will give a short > description of popular methods of CD-R and CD-RW techniques. Basically, > we're dealing with teh same sort of principle as vinyl, accept the laser > in a CD player or CD rom is reflected off of the reflective material in > the CD that is different heights and widths (although it's read a bit > differently than on vinyl [from what i hear - this is the part i'm not so > familiar with]). The "burning" process actually involves the CD "burner" > hitting a recordable CD that has a reflective material with dye on it. > This dye is manipulated by the laser so that can make the pits and grooves > (although extremely small) so that it can be read by another. I would > assume that if this dye is cheap enough (or in some cases the actual metal > film is in itself manipulated by the laser) it could be concluded that > over use the "normal" type laser could affect the pits and grooves and > therefore affect the sound. I've not heard of this, tho, so I won't try > to substantiate or disprove. > > cheers, > dense > > On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Toby Frith wrote: >> >> Interesting point about file retention. I read somewhere that a lot of > cheaper CD-Rs only last for about 2 - 3 years > before the quality slowly disintegrates. > Not sure how, but I'm sure some tech > people could source that. I mean, > how much would you pay for a hard drive of say, > 100 gigs worth of music > that in essence could be duplicated in a very short time? >
