From: martin@address-in-sig.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 14 Nov 2015 07:56:39 -0500, derek from the internet wrote:   
      
   > On 2/17/2013 6:43 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:   
   >   
   >> Put it this way: the CDs in my collection of Zoogz Rift material that   
   >> were burnt by the Liquid Moamo in the mid/late 90s are starting to   
   >> become unreadable. They've always been stored in jewel cases in a   
   >> reasonably cool part of my house and out of direct sunlight.   
   >   
   > Replying to a 2+ year old message to say that my "Demons Are Stabbing Me   
   > With Pitchforks" CD-R became unplayably noisy MANY years ago, and I wish   
   > it were copyable. Aside from being a really excellent sampler /   
   > compilation, something about a lot of the mixes was really weird   
   > compared to, for instance, the SST LPs and CDs. I used to have to play   
   > that disc in my Aiwa bookshelf stereo with the "Q Surround" button on,   
   > otherwise there was so much vocal and instrument stuff that was just   
   > buried. But throw on the fake surround and boom, vocals and instruments   
   > all over the place. Whereas the regular SST releases sounded to be in   
   > regular ass stereo without any faux-"surround" fidgeting. Makes me   
   > wonder if the stuff on the "Demons" disc was somehow out of phase? I   
   > don't know, and I'm pretty sure when I asked Zoogz about it, he had   
   > little idea what I was talking about.   
   >   
   I still have the CDs as a sort of memorial memento, but back when I wrote   
   the message you've stumbled on I ripped all my ZR CDs and vinyl and saved   
   them on spinning rust as FLAC files and regularly backed-up to multiple   
   generations of USB-hard drive.   
      
      
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