I’d be delighted to talk about it sometime but it’s to long a story to
write down at the moment for me. Work and the kids keep me busy and I’ll
need to show you pictures where the cds were stored and how they were
stored that helped us figure out what’s going on.
On Tue, 15 May 2018 at 3:50 Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This went directly to Steve Smolian and should have gone to the list.
>
> That said, I'd be interested to hear more about the study that Shai
> Drori was involved with.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Corey
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] CD-R life
> Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 11:42:19 -0700
> From: Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I don't know of any studies that indicate a 5 year lifespan for
> recordable optical media. Perhaps the person who made that comment was
> being overly conservative. The studies that I have read indicate a 100
> to 200 year lifespan for recordable optical media, as much as 300 years
> for gold layer optical media. The Millennia disk goes far beyond that
> and AFIK, their studies are valid.
>
> I tend to err on the very conservative side and give recordable optical
> media a 10 year lifespan. Same goes for HD's that are stored although
> I've had no failures when I have spun up old drives that have been in
> storage.
>
> I think that the key word is "Storage." Media that is properly stored
> should last a very long time. The optical media that I have recorded
> will probably outlast me. Then it will be someone else's problem. ;-)
>
> The second factor that will affect optical media is manufacturing. No
> one is perfect and manufacturers will sometimes have problem products
> reach the public. (Can you say: "Recall"?)
>
> Here is some information from CLIR:
> https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec4/
>
> My $0.02
>
> Corey
>
> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
> www.baileyzone.net
>
> On 5/14/2018 10:06 AM, Steven Smolian wrote:
> > At the just concluded ARSC conference, one of the presenters said that
> the
> > expected life of a CDR was 5 years. Perhaps it was Maya.
> >
> >
> >
> > At any rate, is there a study underlying this comment?
> >
> >
> >
> > Am I correct in assuming this does not apply to medical-grade gold CDs?
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve Smolian
>
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