Originally Posted by
WhyFi
On one of his visits to the shop, it was kind of funny how visibly agitated Richard Vandersteen got when the subject came up. "I'm tellin' ya, boys - we've been polishin' a turd for way too long..." he grumbled. Yeah, he wasn't a fan of CDs
"Perfect Sound Forever", I seem to recall they sold them as.
I can tell you, forever isn't true, either. I got a CD of English Christmas Music many years ago, and it wasn't too many years before it started making more noise than a vinyl copy of "Dark Side Of The Moon" left on repeat on the record changer for too long! I could see the silvering was corroding under the lacquer, corrupting the tracks.