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Physical degradation of CD's

Hello friends,

Please keep in mind that I am new to the digital world and I'm just curious about something....

I have just recently bought two Dac's.  As I've been trying to break them in, I've had a cd player spinning a cd 24/7 on repeat into the dac.

I'm wondering, does the cd laser constantly going over the same pits over and over again, somehow degrade the physical aspect of the cd layer that is being read by the laser?

I know that I wouldn't want to replay my precious vinyl over and over again, but in that case I'm physically dragging a diamond stylus through the record grooves.  

I have no idea if the laser does anything to the bits it's trying to read when kept on 24/7?

Thank you and best wishes to you all,

Don

no_regrets
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dekay
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I usually toss and then replace CD's after that have been played a few times.

I'm all in with the FreshMaker approach.

 

DeKay

no_regrets OP
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Thank you!  I appreciate everyone commenting and sharing their thoughts with me on this.

I kind of figured that CD's could possibly remain good for a long time.  In fact, I have a lot of CD's that are decades old that are still playing fine.

However, my concern was, if I just leave the same cd in the cd player, playing continuously on repeat 24 hours/day, for several days in a row..... could the laser, due to constantly reading the same cd over and over again while being on repeat.... could "that" deteriorate the performance of that one cd?

I'm getting the impression that it shouldn't be a concern.

Best wishes,

Don

 

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ibmjunkman
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Make sure you get one of these. 😊

 

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toddsyr
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@ibmjunkman 

People will buy anything as long as it's expensive.

I hate when vinyl records get magnetized!

joshua43214
49 posts
 

The laser will not degrade the CD.
Some CDs get rot as mentioned above.

The only concern I would have would be that it might be getting hot inside the player, and leaving a CD in a hot place for a long time can cause it to delaminate (rot).

 

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