20 Jan
1999
20 Jan
'99
6:02 a.m.
At 09:31 AM 1/20/99 -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
Well, hearing an error on an audio CD might be difficult.
If cost is no object, you could have the data pressed to a mastered
CD, as opposed to burning a CD-R at home. The "real" aluminum
mastering process entails a "glass master" that might last longer
than the aluminum foil version. Are there any CD mastering plants
that give you an option of true gold foil, to avoid oxidation?
- John
> What
makes some of today's technology fragile is simply the density, or
> equivalenty, the lack of redundancy in a given area.
Take a look at the specification for how CDs are formatted. You may be
suprised to find out that a good chunck (more than just a few percent) is
dedicated to error correction! That is why you do not hear all of the
scratches in poorly handled CDs.