exlab, exactly what i feel too.
if someone was to offer me an analog system worth tens of thousands for free, i would not take it.
too frustrating for me.
i also have cd's from 1983-1984 which were caught in a burst pipe flood for days in winter, and they play like new.

See: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/gallery.php?member=Gelli
or: Axiom Gallery