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"SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message 
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> Nobody_of_Consequence wrote:
>> "SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message
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>>> Nobody_of_Consequence wrote:
>>>> "SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message
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>>>>> " All payed music is on printed CD's, which don't  go bad. "
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Absolutely not true.  Cd's rot over time.  I have more than 30 cd's
>>>> that have rotted.  Manufacturer's have refused to replace them.
>>>> "Perfect sound forever"  was not a promise, but only false
>>>> advertisement.
>>>> I now make a habit of archiving every cd I buy to hardrives with
>>>> EAC. YF
>>>
>>> That's odd...i guess that it depends on where do you store them. I
>>> didn't have any broken CD yet. And i do have many, too.
>>    I store my cd's in the original jewel cases facing up as
>>   recommended. Currently I have just over 1300 cd's, some of which
>>   are 20 years old. What truly annoyed me is that my original Star
>>   Wars soundtrack rotted and was not recoverable by EAC, PlexTools or
>> Cd paranoia.
>> YF
>
> If one of 1300 rotted, that means that CD's are very reliable, wouldn't 
> you agree?
>Strictly by the percentges, I agree.  But Sony's promise of "perfect sound 
>forever"
implies none of my cd's should deterioate.  The manufacturer  should have 
replaced
my rotted cd's.  I'm not talking about scratches, or wear and tear.  My cd's 
literally
rotted from the inside.

YF