Damaging the CD

>-----Original Message-----
>I just had a quick question - I was wondering if there

was

>any history of a CD being damaged after songs were

copied

>from the CD to the Windows Media Player. I copied a few
>songs from a CD and then I went to play the CD somewhere
>else, and the CD began to skip! I then tried two other

CD

>players with the same results. Is this common? Please
>help!
>.
>

Your PC's optical drive could have dust or dirt in it,
ruining your discs, also, do you have a subwoofer in the
area with RMS power levels exceeding 50W? If you do, and
listen to Rap/ Reggae or R&B or Disco/ music with heavy
Bass, that could be slaming the optical drive's spindle
suspension against a plastic bracket or base, skipping
the CD and possibly performing irreparable damage to yiur
disc. This is just a possibility, but with what I have
listed ^ your answer should be one of them. I blast 200W
RMS Bass but NEVER, NEVER with my actual discs, I have
interior Dampeners and spring-mounted case-feet so my
PC's don't die a horribly thunderous death. If you listen
to music as I do, exceeding 100Db with powerful Bass, you
don't want to use your actual CD's even if you have case
Dampeners or custom case feet. Its a bad idea, I have a
friend who has a 1.2Kilowatt RMS system in his Chevy
truck and he wonders why his discs are skipping and the
Cops have banned his system from the city. Its so loud, I
can't get within 50 Feet of it because its far-past
Deafening 160Db make my ears feel inside-out even from
the end of my long driveway while i'm not even
outside!!!!!!! I think a 400Watt total-RMS system is
PLENTY for indoors if not too much.