rilynes wrote:A question for anyone in the group who copied their LP's to CD's. Have you had any deterioration of those CD's? I was all set to begin transferring my LP's to CD's (this is back in the 90's) but never got around to setting things up. This was pre-USB and required a line-level audio feed to the audio inputs on a sound card in your PC plus some fairly pricey software. Later came the reports that the blank CD's you used in your PC or CD recorder didn't hold up well over time. Can't remember now if it was the green ones or the blue ones that started to give up their data in less than five years. Can't remember the tech differences that made them not as permanent as the commercially manufactured CD's, but was always glad I never overcame the inertia that kept me from starting the project. Maybe there were more dependable blanks available later. Anyone have any experiences either way?
I asked a friend of mine that has many many copies (done on Memorex blanks), and the answer was no problems to date. Talking a period of 6 years or thereabouts, so it appears that if you transfer to decent quality blanks you will be good to go.
Considering it generally costs more to buy new vinyl than CD versions, and that vinyl degrades with every playing, and because I am totally happy with the sound I get from CD's, it will be a cold day in Hades before I buy anymore vinyl.
Rich