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 ...

Getting a better-quality CD experience without having to upgrade your CD player sounds delightful, doesn't it? Sony's new Blu-spec CD format promises just that, employing the same technology used to ...

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 ...

If you’re still buying CDs or have a large collection the NAD C538 player is well worth checking out. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and ...

Some of the world's largest record companies are testing a new music format in Europe known as the pocket CD to spin new life into faltering music singles. By Billboard Staff Some of the world’s ...

One month ago we asked you, our wonderful readers, if hi-fi is getting better. And 30-ish days on we’ve been staggered by your response, with dozens of comments flooding our communication channels.

Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.

THE physical CD edition of Filipino band Dilaw’s first full-length album, RARARA, is now available at indie vinyl record shop Backspacer Records in Pasig City. First released digitally in September ...

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 ...