"Blip" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:

And isn't the
dye made of metal?

Dyes are complex chemicals made up out of lots of different
elements, not just metals.

I should have written "partially made of metal".

Some dyes contain no metals at all.

Nevermind, the point was the loss of data because of
recrystallization.

If you abuse a LP or a CD there will be data loss. What's your point?

In this case, there's no "abuse". The recrystallization is a natural
tendency.

There's a natural tendency of vinyl to cold flow. If you're going to discuss
the two media shouldn't your comparison of the disadvantages of both be
complete and accurate?

The description made was certainly imprecise and
inadequate, but the phenomena exists. Ask a physicist.

The question is not whether the effect exists, but whether it's a
problem, practically speaking.

Most people will certainly think it's not a problem, because the
process can take between 15 and 50 years, perhaps more in very good
storage conditions.

Why not admit it, nobody knows for sure what the future holds that far out.

It depends also of the composition of the dye. I
assume that a very close examination of the very first CDs made in
the 80's (so 20 years ago) would give an idea of the time it will
take before the CD becomes unreadable.

Been there, done that - if stored with even minimal care, nothing
significant changes. OTOH all the vinyl I had in the 80's seems to have
totally disappeared, on the grounds of substandard sound quality.