jds7, Sorry I didn't see your link before I posted.
The awful truth about CDs, do they have the same shelve life as LP's ?
The answer is properly not. Recent studies have shown that the chemicals used in their manufacture of CDs have reduced their life expectancy to ten years, not all but many, as per Paul Mcgowans email. The suggestion was given that if you have suspect CD's they should be re-copied. But my question is how do you identify these? I can tell you that I have a great deal of LPs and I can play anyone of these with great success and some are 40 years old. This no doubt would give some audiophiles another good reason to hold onto their belief that LPs are the way to go.
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There is such a thing as CD rot but it's not a widespread problem. A friend bought a bunch of CDs from the Koch label(I believe) that went bad. The company ended up replacing his for free as well as thousands of others. DVDs are actually worse because of the poorer dye that is used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_bronzing |