Hi, Thank you for the welcome. You know, it's strange, only my Joni cds have this problem. Actually, it's only the old ones (on Asylum). I play all of my cds on 4 different cd players and this never happens to the others. It's true, I probably play the Joni cds more...but still. They start to sound kind of "crackly" or "static" Oh well, thanks for all of the info. You sure know your stuff, eh? I can't think of any other artist who I would be more happy to buy replacement cds of. Just happy to hear her. Mary
NP: Meshell Ndegeocello- Bitter Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: > Hi Mary, > Welcome to the Joni list! I really admire your taste > in music. > > About those CDs with pinholes: A few pinholes don't > hurt anything and the CD players should "track" right > through them. If the pinholes are no wider than say, > the width of a house key, the player will ignore them. > > > (There is error correction built-in. The data is > recorded several times, so the chip usually "knows" in > advance what the data should be there and it is only > looking for *confirmation*. If it doesn't get the > confirmation due to a pinhole, the electronic chip > reconstructs the data from memory. If it doesn't have > an exact replica, it uses a best guess. If it can't > guess, you get a silence or a skipping sound.) > > If you are hearing a problem, like silences, look at > the non-label side of the CD. If it's all scratched > up, it's likely that rough handling has caused the > silences. If your CDs are not scratched, it's likely > the CD player itself is dying an inelegant, > embarrassing death. > > It's very unlikely that you are constantly buying CDs > that rot. It's very rare so the chances that it keeps > happening to any one person is vanishingly small. > > In short, if they sound fine, don't worry about them. > If they don't sound fine and they're not scratched, > its probably the player. > > Only if you live in a tropical rain forest with 100 > degree (F) and 100% humidity, it's possible that your > CDs are rotting. > > Jim > > ps, these aren't CD-Rs, made as copies are they? If > so, don't store them in sunshine. The pigment won't > last. > > --- Mary Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (I'm on my > > 4th Court & Spark). When I hold the cd up to the > > light it has little > > pinholes in it. > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com
