I vaguely recall hearing that CD's and audio-cassettes are not as permanent media for storing music as was once thought. Is this true and if so, what process causes this, how many years do they take to become unplayable and can I slow this process down?

Ilona_Ritter

One thing is too keep them away from your computer, or anything else magnetic when not in use because magnets can erase the info on them. Sep 19 05, 8:03 PM

satguru

As far as cassettes go, it's a lot easier (if you want to keep cassettes) just to copy the originals on to new ones, and I found the old ones are fine for at least 20 years when some begin to echo, so you needn't do it very often, and just to your important ones as I have. Sep 20 05, 10:24 AM

gmackematix

It appears that CDs inevitably suffer from CD rot which kicks in after 15 to 20 years eventually making discs unplayable. It is mentioned several places such as in this blast against CDs: http://www.bands.co.nz/feature.php?fid=35 I'm not sure if cassettes suffer the same fate. A case of C30 C60 C90 gone to paraphrase punk rockers Bow Wow Wow. Sep 20 05, 5:52 PM

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