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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1999, music consumption was shifting in a new direction. As home internet connections got faster, users discovered improvements that had ...

While streaming has become the dominant form of music consumption, the road to get here was a complex and varied one. Here we look at the history of the physical music formats, dating back as far as ...

Sony, as one of the biggest and most successful electronics and technology companies in the world, is a household name. That name has, in time, become synonymous with excellence in everything from ...

At $2,399, the Shanling ONIX Zenith XST20 SACD/CD Transport is here to breathe new life into the “dead” audiophile formats of SACD and CD. Back to the future with SACD? Moments like this make me ...