Ever since I picked up the Marantz PM-11S2 turntable, I've been amassing quite a collection of vinyl records. Flip the clock back two years ago and I would have never considered spinning records on my ...

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 ...

I received a number of emails in response to Audio Myth: Vinyl better than CD? in which I disputed claims of vinyl’s “superiority” over CD/digital made in a recent Wired Magazine column (see Vinyl May ...

The Best CD Players for 2023 include some fantastic units from NAD, Naim, Rotel, Marantz, Audiolab, Cambridge Audio and more. Are audiophiles too obsessed with nostalgia when it comes to CDs? The same ...

There are many of you reading this who still have a lot of love for CDs. We certainly do. If you don't find streaming to be sonically satisfying and haven't been swept up by the vinyl revival, then ...

The hottest thing in high-end audio is a portable CD player from Radio Shack. Yeah right. And some tobacco companies import a more addictive strain of tobacco, then lace their cigarettes with ammonia.

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 ...

Teens today have every song (ever?!) available at their fingertips. All it takes is a quick Spotify or YouTube search, and they can access all their favorite artists, discover new ones to fall in love ...

Westover is a former vice president of marketing communications at Sony and is now an entrepreneur, writer and public speaker. He lives in Rancho Bernardo. It was April 1985. Holding a disc over my ...