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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

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facten
2,878 posts
 

Never falls, someone asks a question about CDs and someone else just has to interject streaming into the conversation.

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curiousjim
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While I have had CD’s go bad because they weren’t constructed properly, the aluminum inside has corroded and or air pockets have formed, I’ve never had one go bad from use.  Misuse maybe, but not laser induced wear.

bbarten
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@dekay If I send you postage would you send me your throw-aways?

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barts
714 posts
 

@ibmjunkman

Too bad this unit runs on 100v...I'd snatch one up and put it in the box!

Regards,

barts

 

asctim
482 posts
 

Of the few hundred CDs I’ve owned since the late 1980s only one quit working, and that wasn’t long after I bought it. To this day I’m not sure if it was really defective, or if I somehow damaged it. 

I'd be more concerned about the CD players becoming obsolete and no longer made, like VCRs. 

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