From Tom Millar Sent Mon, May 10th 1999, 21:08
From Tom Millar Sent Mon, May 10th 1999, 21:08
Upon hearing this, I immediately inspected the whole of my tin-encased collection. Yup, a tiny little stress crack on my copy of ...compiled, right on the rim. To me it looks like ...compiled is the only one I have that's affected. Substance "Session Elements" and the Maurizio M album are both in good shape & I've had those longer. I think it depends on how tightly the little ring in the center "snaps" into the CD's donut hole. ...compiled makes a pretty loud pop, while the other two just sort of fall into place. The stress of the plastic against the tin is what's causing the cracks. What I've done is deform the ring to a safer diameter using a pair of pliers. It took less than five minutes and now my ...compiled CD should be protected from further damage. I caught it before it got to the playing surface- thanks for the warning. So: don't panic, look for warning signs, and then fix it. I couldn't give up those metal boxes, I just couldn't. Tom