Subject: Re: A2 Trade/Swap???? site discovered - What are your thoughts on such a site?
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From: salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)
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Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 00:52:05 GMT
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In article <8je59g$7ka$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,  <bobryan9@my-deja.com> wrote:
>One major reason CD's will not last very long is that they get
>scratched and become useless.  I think it's a stupid design, probably
>endorsed by publishers because once you scratch 'em, you gotta get a
>new one.  I haven't had a music CD last me a year without it getting
>skip problems.

You must be pretty rough on your CDs if they're only good for about a year. 
I got my first CD player in late 1993; the CDs I got with it at the time are
still in like-new condition.  Treat them well and they should last a good
long time.  (You didn't scratch the needle across your LPs, did you?  Treat
your CDs the same way you used to treat your records (unless they're AOL
CD-ROMs, in which case I'd say they'll give a very nice light show in your
microwave :-) ).)

> Another thing about Audio CD's is that many of the car
>stereo CD players scratch the heck out of the CD when you insert/eject
>the disk.

That sounds like a design flaw in the player.  If you're running into
frequent problems, consider copying CDs you play frequently to CD-R.  When
the copy craps out, make a new one.

The better approach would be to either (1) get a better CD player or (2)
lose the CD player altogether and go back to cassettes (you're not going to
hear the full dynamic range of a CD in a moving car anyway).

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