I've got tons of CD's with bit-rot. They play just fine with modern oversampling. I've ripped them all to 320k mp3 VBR highest quality just to have a decent backup if they finally get to where the CD player can't touch them..

More to the point, if you read the actual recording trade papers and magazines, analog systems are being dusted off and used and a few recording houses are straight analog - recording, mixing and mastering - and going straight to vinyl and the quality is astonishing. The kids are finally getting a clue that there is a…