On: Lou Ottens, inventor of cassette tape, has died

[colanderman]

At the very least, the holes would have to have been placed such that the CD remained balanced I would think.

[LanceH → colanderman]

A cd at music player speeds is somewhat forgiving.

[stjohnswarts → LanceH]

Yeah I doubt a hole at 1x would make any difference. at 24X and you're going to definitely get wobble unless they were symmetric.