From Nate Harrison Sent Tue, Jan 12th 1999, 20:03
From Nate Harrison Sent Tue, Jan 12th 1999, 20:03
Dammit now I'm dragged into this Hmmm...not sure if I concur, as I would say 30-40% of my CD collection is older than 10 years,(for instance Microphonies by CV or Yo! Bumrush the Show by PE) and I have not yet had problems playing any of them. (I can't speak for CD-R's) peace Nate On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Alan R. Lucas wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, eric hill wrote: > > > changed to something closer to the current formula in the 40's. we don't > > have any 50 year-old cd's yet, so the durablity problem remains to be seen > > unfortunately, most CD's aren't going to last (at original quality) for a > whole lot longer than 10 years. from what i've been told by > preservationists and archivists, the only CD's that last are ones burned > on gold sandwiched between glass. no joke. makes me want to cry and > seriously consider throwing down for a turntable. > > alan! > >