I wish I was more careful with my CD's

[BigToque]

I'm trying to rip all my audio CD's into FLAC for backups, but I'm having problems with getting all the tracks on 7 of my 16 discs.

The ones that are damaged are ones that are really old that I bought as a kid. It still sucks though.

Should I try to rip the tracks that still work and forget the ones that dont work, or just go replace the CD?

 

[mchammer]

You can polish out the scratches I hear.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Have you tried a little Braso on the damaged discs Stefan?

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: mchammer
You can polish out the scratches I hear.

yup, worth a shot with one of those cd repair kits

 

[AdamSnow]

Whatever you do while trying to polish out scratches, dont do it in a circle... go outwards from the middle of the CD to the outside...

 

[sleuth bandit]

Using toothpaste to clean the cd will help.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: mchammer
You can polish out the scratches I hear.

What would I polish them with?

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Have you tried a little Braso on the damaged discs Stefan?

What is Braso?

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: sleuth bandit
Using toothpaste to clean the cd will help.

Using toothpaste, all I've ever done is made the cd look more scratched.

 

[FoBoT]

braso is brass cleaner

i would try toothpaste first

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Have you tried a little Braso on the damaged discs Stefan?

Brasso?...that works?

 

[mchammer]

(\__/)
(='o'=) <I don't know, try to search on google. {munches carrot}
(")_(")

 

[BigToque]

Can I use Chrome polish?

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: Stefan
Can I use Chrome polish?

sure if your cd's are chrome.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: sniperruff

Originally posted by: Stefan
Can I use Chrome polish?

sure if your cd's are chrome.

Well, I've just been told to use brass polish. They're not made of brass.

 

[NTB]

what are you using to rip the CDs? Try Exact Audio Copy and set it for highest accuracy.

Nate

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: NTB
what are you using to rip the CDs? Try Exact Audio Copy and set it for highest accuracy.

Nate

That's what I'm doing...

 

[Bozono]

You have a collection dating back to childhood and it's only 16 CD's? Man, if I hadn't lost all the CD's I bought as a kid up until now it'd probably be about 300 or so.

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: Bozono
You have a collection dating back to childhood and it's only 16 CD's? Man, if I hadn't lost all the CD's I bought as a kid up until now it'd probably be about 300 or so.

Maybe he's only 6 yrs old?

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: mchammer
You can polish out the scratches I hear.

What would I polish them with?

I don't know if this doo-dad works or not.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Join BMG Music Club and just replace the CDs 🙂