Sting, “The Dream of The Blue Turtles” was my first CD. Still own the CD but both the Yamaha CDX1 and Technics SLD1 are long gone. The Yamaha died, the Technics I gave to a friend and I bet still playing today. My system back then was a college system that was mediocre at best so I couldn’t tell the difference but I knew CD’s were here to stay. Progressed to better CDP’s over the years and wasn’t until a few years ago I bought a new table. Both the table and CDP sit as most my listening is streaming.
What I do recall was at our house parties in college, CD’s we’re definitely more convenient. Hands down, more convenient.