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by citadel_melon 27 days ago
The problem is most people don’t realize how short disc media’s lifespan is.

Books it’s very obvious when it’s deteriorating or molding, hard drives and such are not to a laymen.
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pan69 27 days ago
> The problem is most people don’t realize how short disc media’s lifespan is.

I have audio CDs from 1990 that play just fine and look to be in tip-top condition. Not so much CDs I have burned in the 2000s, they seem to fade, clearly a different manufacturing process. However, based on my older audio CDs, it seems that, if manufacturers want to produce quality, they certainly can.

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Ferret7446 27 days ago
Analog audio CDs are different. Digital media fails catastrophically. Analog media fails gradually.

You can lose a lot of bits in analog audio and not notice a thing, especially as your hearing also degrades with age.

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bradgranath 26 days ago
What's an Analog Audio CD?
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