Sony launched the world’s first CD player on this day in 1982, kickstarting the compact disc digital audio era.

For audiophiles, nothing gets beyond their love for music and the audio gear they own. The exploration for the best headphone, IEM, or DAC never ends, given there is so much to discover and the ...

Through the looking glass: The compact disc's 43-year journey, from technical experiment to a worldwide standard, tells the story of how global collaboration and bold engineering can reshape entire ...

Streaming solved the problem of having thousands of albums within reach, but it created another one for anyone with a substantial CD collection. Those discs may still contain music you own and want to ...

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