18 Jun
2001
18 Jun
'01
1:42 p.m.
Does anyone recall the audiophile debates several years
ago that
pertained to something called "CD rot," using that as one reason why
vinyl records were superior for long-term storage. I thought that the
"CD rot" they spoke of only had to do with disintegration of the
plastic and then oxitation of the metal layer.
I recall those arguments...it was also one of the reasons it
was said that MO disks were superior to CD-R media. As far as I
recall, it was said to also get into the disk by going between the
sandwhich layers and it appeared on an affected disk as black spots.
Couldn't a fungus attach itself to the adhesive used to bond the
various layers of a CD-R? If not a fungus, it certainly seems
reasonable that the aluminum surface could possibly oxidize after a
while.
Jeff
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