IntelliVolume
Prominent Member
If people treat their vinyl in the same way describe CDs then they wont play either (CD would need to be pretty gouged for it not to play at all). The difference is I can buff my CDs with rubbing compound and scratch remover (which i use with huge success on lightly scratched charity shop CDs) and if I cant, £3 gets me a re-surfaced CD which is, 99.99% of the time as good as new. That said you can do nothing for CD Rot. Once that has set in, the CD is toast.
As for jewel cases, yes mis-handling can break jewel cases, but I have also seen and had plenty of dog eared Vinyl sleeves which look just as shabby. Again its easier to buy a new jewel case for 99p than it is to get a new album sleeve.
One thing that I do miss is sleeve art. I used to love spending time looking and admiring the work that went into album sleeves. CDs are crap for that, but they are even worse on my sony NW-A55 DAP
I resort to the water-and-gentle dish soap method for cleaning vinyl -- which works for me -- but with CDs, I usually spray some flat-panel cleaner on it (a method I read about) and wipe from the inner ring outwards (the opposite of vinyl)...if CDs are somewhat scratched, I try some toothpaste but to be honest this never got many scratches out...there still seem to be some, though perhaps they're under the surface layer?