Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor...
by criddell on Friday May 17, 2019 @09:46AM
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> keep them in a dry and cool place
I just pulled mine out of the attic after they had been sitting there for more than a decade. It's dry up there, but not cool at all. I'm in central Texas and in the summer you can only be up there for a few minutes at a time because it's so hot.
I bought dbPowerAmp and ripped them all to ALAC. Only a couple of them couldn't be accurately ripped and that's because of scratches on them (some of them are from the mid-80's and have had rough lives).
I guess what I'm trying to say is that they are remarkably durable.
Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor...
by eropple on Sunday May 19, 2019 @09:53PM
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Worth noting (not for you, just in general)--pressed CDs are very durable but CD-Rs, due to their organic ink, generally aren't. Don't rely on them for archiving.
I just pulled mine out of the attic after they had been sitting there for more than a decade. It's dry up there, but not cool at all. I'm in central Texas and in the summer you can only be up there for a few minutes at a time because it's so hot.
I bought dbPowerAmp and ripped them all to ALAC. Only a couple of them couldn't be accurately ripped and that's because of scratches on them (some of them are from the mid-80's and have had rough lives).
I guess what I'm trying to say is that they are remarkably durable.