On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...

In the rare case we listen to an audio CD these days, we typically rely on off-the-shelf hardware to decode the 1s and 0s into the dulcet tones of Weird Al Yankovic for our listening pleasure. [Lukas] ...

The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...

The introduction of the compact disc, or CD, was the beginning of a ‘digital revolution’ which now dominates electronic media. Introduced in 1982, the CD was slow to catch on. The sound was crisp and ...

Parasound teams with Holm Acoustics to deliver a radically different approach to extracting the best possible sound from a Compact Disc Parasound introduced the Halo CD 1, which uses a new CD playback ...

On 8th March 1979, Philips revealed the very first Compact Disc (CD) and CD player prototype to the press at Eindhoven, Netherlands. The CD player prototype had an LED display and four buttons, and a ...

In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

When it comes to music consumption, streaming continues to be the music industry's biggest earner. Sales of physical formats like CD and vinyl are declining overall, though the latter has been clawing ...

It’s 30 years since Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms began the CD boom. How did the revolution in music formats come about and what killed it? Thirty years ago this month, Dire Straits released their ...

Parasound introduced the versatile Zcd Compact Disc Player which provides high-performance CD sound, plus USB, and preamplifier features in a half-width sized rack mountable component. The Zcd has a ...

We've seen a flurry of CD transports launch in recent months, which is good news for anyone serious about the medium of compact discs. CD transports differ from CD players in one crucial area, and ...