Physical degradation of CD's
Hello friends,
Please keep in mind that I am new to the digital world and I'm just curious about something....
I have just recently bought two Dac's. As I've been trying to break them in, I've had a cd player spinning a cd 24/7 on repeat into the dac.
I'm wondering, does the cd laser constantly going over the same pits over and over again, somehow degrade the physical aspect of the cd layer that is being read by the laser?
I know that I wouldn't want to replay my precious vinyl over and over again, but in that case I'm physically dragging a diamond stylus through the record grooves.
I have no idea if the laser does anything to the bits it's trying to read when kept on 24/7?
Thank you and best wishes to you all,
Don
Don’t forget that the easiest surface to damage is the label side. The pits are just under it! And most CDs are stamped, not laser burned! Hard to see how the tiny currents in a DAC will help it burn-in. Speakers, cartridges and amplifiers possibly. I put an input power meter on my Krell class A amplifier after a rebuild, and the power consumption definitely rose over a few days, even though it was switched off when not in use. |
@asctim - any computer drive still reads and writes CDs. As do BD players. |
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