Re: [slim] The failure of CDs
When Squeezebox mania got me to carefully rip thousands of CDs, the only commercially pressed ones that were flat-out impossible to read were the two discs in Monty Python's Final Ripoff. They were victims of the bronzing issue a British plant had for a while. I had other discs that were visibly bronzed, but none of them gave me any special problems. Having said that, to this day I encounter visually perfect pressed discs with various levels of readability. Sometimes they'll just zoom along in one drive but re-read multiple sectors in others. Sometimes no drive will read them accurately (I'm looking at you, original Geffen issue of Peter Gabriel's So!) DualDiscs seem to be particularly troublesome on the CD side. I found CD-Rs to read pretty much as one might expect: The Mitsuis and Taiyo Yudens were fine, the lesser brands were sometimes fine and sometimes worthless. My favorite is still the Memorex that was completely destroyed when a Post-It note managed to peel off the recording layer. atrocity's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] The failure of CDs
Interesting read http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-library-of-congress-wants-to-destroy-your-old-cds-for-science/370804/?utm_source=howtogeek Logitech Media Server Version: 7.8.1 - 1398786621 @ Sun May 4 03:04:31 UTC 2014 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8Platform Architecture: x86_64-linux Perl Version: 5.18.2 - x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.34_01 (sqlite 3.7.7.1) One SB Touch connected by ethernet - Denon AVR -1912 Receiver, Paradigm 4.1 speakers One SB Boom wireless One SB Radio wireless SlimChances's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=165 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The failure of CDs
The first 2 CD's I have that I got for Christmas 1984 are still fine. I presume that the rest are still good. Stored in their jewel cases on end. I doubt they've ever seen a temp over 90*F in those 30 years. My first album is still fine too which I got some 20 years before my first CD. 2 Duets - 1 for upstairs and 1 for downstairs Rock Solid with LMS 7.8.0 and WHS 2011 w3wilkes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The failure of CDs
i have some CDs that i burned over 14 years ago that have started to fail. they were burned to be in the car, so they were exposed to high temps, i am sure. none of my purchased CDs -and if memory serves i switched from vinyl to CD format in 1988 or so- has ever failed. then again, i have had most of them stored in boxes since 2007 or so. the only problem with some late 80s or early 90s CDs is horribly sharp DDD recordings, just as the problem now is some horribly overdriven recordings... ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical-- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR-- Creek Destiny Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval-- KEF LS50 Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic- AudioEngine5 pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The failure of CDs
2 out of 650 made problems when I ripped them a few years ago. Holding these against a light showed that they were full of tiny holes, just like cheese. Or a starry night... ;-) marlo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37542 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
