Cd's or vinyl

When cds became available I heard rumours that they’d be susceptable to oxidation / disk rot.

Seemingly it is a thing, I've had a couple of CDs and DVDs go bad but can't say it's been anything other than random. In any event it's an easy job to rip discs to a hard drive and storage has never been cheaper. My plan is to rip everything and self-host.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot

Never knew what that refered to, thanks Cou2.

It's something like Original Master, Duplication, Pressing. Or something. The final [D] being the disc itself.

Huh, it's just occurred to me,

All the vinyl aficionados eschewing digital formats, any LPs pressed in like the last 30 years were probably recorded digitally in the first place and then converted back to analogue to press the record.

All the vinyl aficionados eschewing digital formats, any LPs pressed in like the last 30 years were probably recorded digitally in the first place and then converted back to analogue to press the record.

Likewise, if you're listening to an older recording on CD or streaming, it was recorded on analogue.

Personally, I don't care. Vinyl sounds great to my ears and that's all that really matters.

that’s all that really matters.

Yep. It's like riding a hardtail or full-sus; it's all good, all that matters is you're on a bike. I guess streaming is an e-bike, in that analogy.

It’s something like Original Master, Duplication, Pressing. Or something. The final [D] being the disc itself.

Yep. SPARS code

I guess streaming is an e-bike, in that analogy.

Except in the case of streaming the musicians creating the product get paid buttons.

that’s all that really matters.

Can't argue with that. We can debate all we like, but only have you have your ears.

(I mean, they're clearly broken, but... 🙂 )

Yep. SPARS code

Aha, I never knew what it was called. Cheers for that.

(And I was almost right 🙂 )