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.
Books it’s very obvious when it’s deteriorating or molding, hard drives and such are not to a laymen.
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.
You can lose a lot of bits in analog audio and not notice a thing, especially as your hearing also degrades with age.