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 ...

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 ...

Vinyl is booming, streaming services are more popular than ever, and we’re all depressed. This means one thing and one thing only: it’s time to reassess CDs. Yes, friends, you read that correctly. The ...

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the chief attractions of the compact disc is its durability compared to its fragile ...

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 you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Why do CDs get such a bad rap? After all, it wasn’t that ...

Whether you’re looking to replace an ageing CD player with something newer, or you have an old CD library and nothing to play it on, our pick of the best CD players will help you get those discs ...