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
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
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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
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
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... ;-)
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