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Saturday, October 21, 2006

New Glass CD Shatters Record For Longevity


A Japanese company called N&F Label is selling the first-ever GLASS CD (a recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Air on G String."), which is supposed to provide superior quality sound and lasts "forever" without ever bending, distoring or deteriorating. The price: $830.

Comments:

Blogger Matthew said...

"without ever bending, distoring or deteriorating"

What about shattering?

Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I cannot belive this is true.
Glass is a constantly moving surface(slow). After 40 years or so you can actually mesure a difference in width in your living room glass. If this is true for the cd. then after a while it will be rendered useless.

Monday, October 23, 2006 3:14:00 AM  
Blogger Chris said...

Can I buy it anywhere online?

Monday, October 23, 2006 4:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've had a regular cd shatter on me... it would be interesting to know what effect those types of g-forces would have on a glass CD

Monday, October 23, 2006 4:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1. Glass is not a liquid: http://www.cmog.org/index.asp?pageId=745

2. Glass CDs are not new (comments): http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/announcements/glass-cd-sounds-like-a-209270.php

3. It's not going to sound any better: http://verbose.pixelbath.com/?p=50

Friday, October 27, 2006 12:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

anonymous above.. and you believe everything you read on the net ???

Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's not a matter of believing the above links. If I simply say these things, they just sound like noise. By linking to articles concerning subjects which I already know the facts of, it provides credibility to an otherwise baseless charge. The only point above that I have not verified in some way (other than Internet searches) is point #2. I had not known that production runs were made in glass; I had thought they were stamped from metal to metal, but it (like the other FACTS) makes sense.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:46:00 AM  

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