The following story ran in the first-ever issue of SPIN in May 1985. Compact discs and compact disc players are the hottest things to hit the audio market since cassette tapes and players. However, ...

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 ...

CD sales saw a modest increase in 2023, with 36.83 million units sold, briefly reversing years of decline. Gen Z is now buying more CDs than older generations, driving renewed interest in physical ...

We may not realize it, but digital audio technology is one of our closest companions. Do you listen to music, podcasts, and watch TV or movies on your smartphone? These days, audio and video ...

Memorializing the Compact Disc. Once upon a time, the CD was the ubiquitous music platform. Our story outlines how the disc-based music technology was adopted, loved and eventually abandoned by a ...