Not really a surprise. I have a number of old BBC recordings from WW2 that I
transferred to the digital format about 11 years ago. Oddly the original
78rpm transcription discs have no problems.


On 2010/9/29 下午11:49, "Richard Cuff" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Some good points there; as some have mused, as our sound platforms
> have moved more digital, their ability to avoid deterioration has
> declined.
> 
> I'm guessing the CD-R's in question are those we burn at home, not the
> ones used for recorded music that you'd buy at Tower Records or Sam
> Goody's.
> 
> RC
> 
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Joe Buch <[email protected]> wrote:
>> At last year's Winter SWL Fest there was a presentation on preservation of
>> audio recordings of historical interest like when BBC actually had stuff on
>> shortwave that could be heard in North America.? Today's Washington Post has
>> an article related to the technical problems associated with long time
>> preservation.? Bottom line, even the Library of Congress isn't sure of how to
>> do it.
>> 
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