Klarinet Archive - Posting 001149.txt from 1999/11

From: "Sherry Katz" <slkatz@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vinyl to CD?
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 02:28:08 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: <charette@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] Vinyl to CD?

> >I have tried converting vinyl to CD, and it can be done, but when I
decided
> that I wanted to be able to convert my extensive record collection I
finally
> settled on converting to Minidisc.
>
> The only reason I wouldn't suggest that is because you're copying it to
the "Beta" instead of "VHS" format. Whether or not any method is
technologically superior to anothern is a moot point when the players are
unavailable in a few years.
>
> CD-R gives us about 20 years in normal storage conditions to find a better
medium for archival purposes. After 20 years it's expected that "bit rot"
will start setting in.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark C.
>
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I don't want to get into a long flame war about this.

However, it's flat out wrong to think that minidisc is a technology at risk
of dying any sooner than CD. In fact, minidisc is very popular in Europe
and Japan, has certain areas in which it excels over CD and players will be
around for a long time. Minidisc is also a superior medium for storage and
playback of MP3 over the current and next generation to come of MP3
players - until memory cards cost $2 like a minidisc, MP3 players are
primarily a novelty. Minidisc recording is a lot easier to do than using a
CD recorder, the sound quality for analog material is just as good, and the
disks are easier to store. Recordable CDs don't play in every player and
are finicky to make.

As far as bit rot. I think that's an urban legend that was perpetrated by
vinyl record makers. I suspect most CDs will be just as good 200 years from
now as they are today - if you can find something to play them on.

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