I'm wondering if anyone's come across this?

I pulled out one of my all time favourite discs (which I hadn't listened to in a few years since I have it on the PC) and it refused to play.

I thought maybe the playing surface was smudged so I gave a clean. Nothing. Oh, I thought, maybe there is a scratch. Nope.

I finally held it up to the light to look for flaws and then it dawned on me. I could read the label through the disc. Both the front and back poly surfaces were intact, but the ?aluminum? layer in the centre looks like it had crumbled.

It had the appearance of a dried mud puddle where the cracks spread throughout the surface.

I was shocked. I've never had to replace a CD before.


M22, QS8, EP350
Yamaha HTR 5860
Sony 46W4100