Sips'@slrpnk.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoIf you had to start today, would start collecting CDs or Vinyls?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down14
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minus-squarePsaldorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoIs there a vinyl equivalent of disc rot? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 hours agoVinyl just wears out over time as you use them. CDs aren’t really affected by use.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoPlaying a CD doesn’t require degrading it in that sense, though I’d expect ordinary wear and tear, occasionally dropping a disc and scratching and such to be a factor in the real world.
Is there a vinyl equivalent of disc rot?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot
Vinyl just wears out over time as you use them. CDs aren’t really affected by use.
Playing a CD doesn’t require degrading it in that sense, though I’d expect ordinary wear and tear, occasionally dropping a disc and scratching and such to be a factor in the real world.