CD rot

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   I have always thought this to be an inevitability I'm afraid. Like a lot of things with a short life-time - no-one knows how long they will actually last. 

Has it affected the sound yet?

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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Guest Group	Posted: April 17 2007 at 14:13
	I have always thought this to be an inevitability I'm afraid. Like a lot of things with a short life-time - no-one knows how long they will actually last. Has it affected the sound yet?

NilsTentacles Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: April 02 2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 42	Posted: April 17 2007 at 14:10
	can you say when the CD was pressed? I think I have a few presses from the 80's, but they're still fine though.

Fitzcarraldo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835	Posted: April 17 2007 at 14:00
	Well, I've recently experienced my first case of CD rot. It's one of the first CDs I bought oh, must have been ten years ago, and happens to be a CD of ELP's first album -- no wisecracks about ELP, please ;-) Looking at the underside of the CD, which I had kept in pristine condition, I can see patches of darker discoloration on the silver coating as if something is getting under it. The CD is unplayable. I'm now left wondering how many more of my CDs are going to go the same way in the next few years. Hmmm... rather worrying.
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