I have recently finished a project ripping 18,000 Cd's to hard drive. I had one that had deteriorated and was unplayable. The CD's in the project were mostly classical, with most of the Hyperion catalogue included, but with lots of jazz and popular genres from every sort of manufacturer. They were as much as 30 years old. I would have to say that I don't lose any more sleep over my CD's than I do over my 10,000 LP's. There was an issue with CD's from one English plant from the late 80' and early 90's that affected not only Hyperions, but also Unicorns, Nimbus, and other smaller English labels. I have lots of these also and have had no real trouble with them either. Soo...
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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