[gregwest]

I enjoy my vinyl collection, too. What amazes me is that I've got records going back to the 1930's. It amazes me that they've endured 70 years and will probably last another 70. CD's were supposed to be almost
"indestructable," but I've got many of them that are unplayable after 10 years.

I'm a "worst-case scenario" kind of guy. A society that places its culture completely on digital storage will have that culture disappear after a single EMP attack. There are still musical scores from Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven in existence on paper. Hard drives crash. Records don't. If want something to last, put it on paper, press it on an analog disk, or photograph it and have it printed on quality acid-free paper.

[dennisw]

EMP attack doesn't kill CDs which are optical storage. But I'm amazed by your assertion that you have CDs that are unplayable after 10 years. These are not CDs you burned?

[SamAdams76]

CD's were supposed to be almost "indestructable," but I've got many of them that are unplayable after 10 years.

Really? I've been buying CDs since 1985. I've bought over 1,000 of them since and every single one of them plays just fine today.