Between audio cassettes and the MP3, the compact disk was the most popular way to listen to music in parts of the 1980s and 1990s, and every CD needed a CD player! On October 1st, 1982 the first ever ...

If you still think that CD just stands for certificate of deposit, pull the cotton out of your ears. CD, as more people are discovering, stands for compact disc, a technologically advanced but ...

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 ...

Scratch the LP. Switch on the CD. That’s exactly what more and more music enthusiasts are doing. Barely more than an audiophile curiosity when it was introduced two years ago, the compact disk system ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. DATING from the late 1990s, the Super Audio Compact Disc, or SACD, is a curious beast. It probably yields the best audio quality you'll ...

Could car compact disc players soon become a thing of the past? For Hyundai the answer looks to be yes. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, the carmaker debuted its new take on ...

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 ...

If digital media in physical form is still your thing, you can join the contingent of audiophiles who are buying their last CD players from a small group of dedicated high-end manufacturers. The ...

CDs are enjoying a resurgence in popularity and the Marantz CD 60 might be the CD player you’re looking for in 2022. To start, the Marantz CD 60 features an industrial design and sturdy build that not ...

Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a novel method of detecting molecules with a conventional compact disk player that provides scientists with an inexpensive way to ...