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| From | Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com> |
| Subject | Re: CD-Writer and Audio CDs question |
| Date | Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:03:03 -0600 |
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Yeah, it's important to remember that this medium is not permanent and that
there are many variables that can affect the quality and longevity of burns.
Spend a few extra bucks for archive-quality CD-Rs and back up everything to
your hard drive. Use every day CD-Rs for stuff that you just want for the
car, etc.
We don't even know how long regular CDs will last. That's a sobering
thought. And an increasing amount of material being recorded never travels
outside the realm of digital mediums. In other words, albums recorded to
analog tape masters will last a long time if properly cared for. Records are
the best preservation method because they offer a quasi-mechanical
reproduction method (the cut of the grooves). We don't know if music that
only ever exists in the digital ether will have a long life span.
It's a bummer, but it's true.
--Ken
On 12/3/04 2:28 PM, "Mark London" <mrl@psfc.mit.edu> wrote:
>> on my PC (Windows 2000 Professional), but even worse, I have found
>> that upon playback on multiple CD players, some audio CD-Rs contain
>> very noticeable noise. The noise is similar to radio static. Oddly
>> enough, this noise doesn't appear on initial playback of the CD-R,
>> but on subsequent playbacks and usually starts up around tracks 15
>> and higher. I am using TDK CD-R's, and I have used them in the past
>> and up to this point, I never had any problem with them, so I am
>> thinking the issue is with the software and not the media (but I may
>> be wrong).
>
> A) I used to use a certain brand of CDRs, but then had to switch due
> to sudden problems with that brand.
> B) I have to question whether your CDs played OK at first, and then
> later developed a problem. Because I also have had problems with
> noise developing on later tracks. Later tracks are more susceptible
> to burning problems. I forget the reason, but it has to do with the
> process of burning later tracks, and where they are on the CD in
> relationship to the laser, or who knows what. In any event, my
> problem was definitely with the CD burner. Cleaning the burner
> helped some, but I eventually had to replace it. However, this was
> only after I had burnt a bunch of CDs, and thought they sounded ok,
> but later discovered that the later tracks were corrupted, and I
> simply didn't bother to attentatively listen to the later tracks.
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