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I have a question, and I would like to know if this has happened to any of you, and what would be the cause (or causes) in your opinion, please.
Well, I'm a collector and I must have around 10,000 CDs (I guess, I stopped counting). When I buy a CD, listen once or twice, make the mp3, and put the CDs in a huge wooden cabinet that I have. I will probably never hear from most of these CDs again because of the high number I have, and I'm already old!
The problem has occurred to me maybe 10 times: after 5-10 years, I will listen to a certain CD again, and it is defective (skipping, scratching, etc)! This occurred to me today when I went to listen to GARDEN OF EVIL, from the HERRMANN AT 20th CENTURY FOX (Box Varese 2011) collection.
I washed the CD, I passed flannel, etc etc etc etc., but the problem continues, that is, this CD is damaged! I must have listened to this damn box a maximum of three times. Awesome, and totally frustrating.
Once, this happened with NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Intrada version) after more than 3 years, but Intrada itself replaced me with the media.
Well, what's your opinion? Has this ever happened to you? After so long, a media has had problem?
The problem would be the air, the oxygen, the earth's rotation (I can only be ironic because my anger is so great in these cases)?
Thank you!
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We've all heard of this happening to CDs, but it hasn't happened to me yet. Or maybe I just haven't checked the CDs. Once ripped, that's pretty much it for me. I listen to the files.
And it's become clear that you have to rip your CDs when they're new, not wait years to take the cellophane off. I still believe that if there was no manufacturing defect, a CD should last a lifetime. You just don't know which ones will turn out to have the defect, and decay on the shelf.
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Generally speaking your problem is likely due to oxidation (oxygen making its way to the foil layer, often via the label side of the disc, and creating reflectivity issues on playback). This is what has happened when the reflective side acquires a bronze-looking hue. Washing the disc wouldn't help this.
Of course I can't be sure of your issue but that is often the case. These things don't typically have authoring or other such problems, and they won't acquire them after initially being okay. Some of my CDs go back to the beginning of the format and they play fine today.
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And it's become clear that you have to rip your CDs when they're new, not wait years to take the cellophane off. I still believe that if there was no manufacturing defect, a CD should last a lifetime. You just don't know which ones will turn out to have the defect, and decay on the shelf.
Good advice, especially with the current CD manufacturing shortages and delays we see today. If every label's order is a rush order because there's just one plant left, or however many are left, it's logical to anticipate quality control issues may go up.
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Unfortunately, I am so far off the charts worst than anyone...I owned cd's I've not listened to since purchasing as far back as...7 years ago. trying like hell to catch up. But who has time? Thanks to a poster here, who discovered cracks on a disc ...I believe Kiss The Girls? I opened, and discovered my copy was also defected. Company sent replacement. I can only hope there are no other such cd defects...because I am out of money.
My interest is now peaked...taking a look at my cd purchases, I pulled up: Movie Music email 5/10/2010 informing me: The Hawaiians, Supernova and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (remastered) has been shipped. That's 10 years ago. All 3 are still in plastic un-played. And yes...I do have things going back even further...
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