The CD turns 43: The format that changed music forever

Discussion in 'hardware' started by ronjor, Aug 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM.

  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    By Skye Jacobs August 17, 2025
     
  2. xxJackxx

    xxJackxx Registered Member

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    I'd never give up my CD collection. Even though some of the 24 bit so called hi-res downloads claim to be better I've never been able to tell the difference between the 16 and 24 bit files and neither of them sound better than a CD.
     
  3. ronjor

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    I feel the same way. Great format.
     
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    T-RHex Registered Member

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    +1

    I'm still adding to my collection thanks to a local second hand CD shop.
     
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    eBay tends to be a good source as well.
     
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    T-RHex Registered Member

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    It's more fun going through the stacks and stacks of CDs and DVDs and they constantly get new stuff in. They had a huge collection of concert DVDs come in a while back and I think I made three trips and came home with a stack each time. More fun than trolling through stuff online!
     
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    Agreed but if you are looking for something specific you will almost always find it online.
     
  8. T-RHex

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    Of course, but, where's the fun in that? Besides, most of the time I don't know what I'm looking for until I find it...
     
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