20th Anniversary of CD Today

Hmm, trash everywhere, let's pick them up.

Lugnut, I would prefer a wake but as we can see some people like the CD so unfortunately it's demise is still a ways off.

Lugnut, I would prefer a wake but as we can see some people like the CD so unfortunately it's demise is still a ways off.

Lugnut, I would prefer a wake but as we can see some people like the CD so unfortunately it's demise is still a ways off.

Err, I am going vinyl! Hope My old Microseiki TT still work.Oh, it did, yesterday. Hmm, I going CDs tomorrow then ;-)

So, uh, should we throw a party or something? Not.

Love those silver dics! My first CD player was something SAE 01 (?). Bought in the late 80's, and still kicking :-).

I am one of those that is glad there was the invention of the CD.

I purchased my first player in '86 I believe, a Sony CPD-45 and I believe my first disc was ZZ-Top, Afterburner.

We all have our likes, dislikes, interests and disinterests, LP's are not for me. As I kid, I grew up using records and LP's, when you didn't realize you should take care of them, but I cringe at the thought if I had to use LP's today.

Don't misunderstand me, I don't doubt their performance potential, it's just not for me.

As for cost as mentioned above, I would "think" a cheaper CD player would sound better than a cheaper phono.

"Back in the day" I was using a Linn, Fidelity Research arm, Denon 103D and a tube head amp. Total retail - about $1200. Within the past year or two I've finally gotten redbook CD sound that I'm happy with. Total retail for the front end - about $11,000. Ah, progress!

Imagine the day a genuine replacement for the CD ever catches on and how loony the starved-for-software CD freaks will sound... well lessee, I have a $199 MII (musical implant interface; perfect mind forever) but no way does Britney's grandaughter sound as good on that as Natalie Merchant does on my $5,000 CD combo...

Viva CD! I love the lil devils.

A dark day for classical music lovers.

Marty, you're cruel! Tom's right about the little mirrors though. What a waste of time, money, and effort

My first CD player was in 1986-87; an Onkyo. I still kept buying vinyl until 1990, which is when they cut off the supply. I remember 1990 was also when BMG force me to switch to their CD club, because the record club was being discontinued.

Yes, a truly dark day in history, it was.

I bought my first CD player in 1983. A Magnavox 1040D from Hawthorne Audio in Portland, Or. Great little Hi End shop in the Hollywood district that has since closed its doors. Yes, digital has come a long way since 1982.