Which type of hi-fi component is better for your CDs and system?

The Mission 778CDT has the same half-width ‘shoebox’ format as the 778 amplifier and streamer. It has the same symmetrically ...

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] ...

For quality purposes, some people prefer to use home audio CD players over streaming to listen to their favorite tunes.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It has now been more than 25 years since the compact disc was introduced to the world. We might ...

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...

Judging by the way the major record labels have been acting lately, you'd think the compact disc was the biggest mistake they ever made. Never mind that the CD format has been outselling ...

Imagine typing “dramatic intro music” and hearing a soaring symphony or writing “creepy footsteps” and getting high-quality sound effects. That’s the promise of Stable Audio, a text-to-audio AI model ...