Re: MP3's on the TS1000

anoneds@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

However, the CDs you are burning probably have a shorter shelf-life
than the tapes. Read an article about a month or two ago that CD-Rs
and CD-RWs can start to break down chemically within 2-5 years.

Just make sure to keep the tapes (as a backup)...


It´s difficult to say which medium is more reliable. Both can have
total dropouts, a catastrophe when having digital data.

I would say for Audio and Video is a tape more raleighable and can last
much longer. e.g. old BW Movies.


I have had only one or two cassettes (best quality CC-RW, CrO2 or ME)
with total dropouts, mostly a missing (deaf) stereo-side for while
(ME), and so.

But I also have CD-R´s loosing their data.... crunch, crunch... :-)


OT I have heard, a studio (radio-station) converted everything to CD
(main-archive) and twenty years after, the CD´s wind up.
Bad thing without a proper backup.




Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic
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