-=> Quoting Cameron Hall to Joe Kotroczo <=-
 JK>> ..there has been a huge price drop on CD-Rs over here.
 CH> Has anyone tested those things against sun damage?
 Sun damage? Why are you worried about sun damage? You shouldn't expose
 /any/ flavor of Compact Disc to prolonged direct sunlight!
 CH> In time I'd like to get a writer and move some old cassette stuff
 CH> over to a better storage medium. 
 I began converting my favorite vinyl to CD-R about 4 months ago.
 One caveat: resist the temptation of low-priced IDE CD-R burners, and get a
 top-quality SCSI unit. I bought an Philips OmniWriter internal (IDE), and
 while the price was right, you definitely get what you pay for. If I had it
 to do over again, I'd gut my system and install all SCSI devices. Yeah, it'd
 have tripled the cost, but it's worth it in the long run.
 CH> Luckly, I taped the better stuff with the 3 head cassette deck
 CH> so the quality won't suffer too much. :)
 Right. Connecting my turntable directly to the PC is not convenient, so
 I dub the LPs to a high-quality cassette (metal tape & Dolby S), then
 use that to master the CD-R. Sounds just fine.
... NP: Dolores Keane _Solid Ground_
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