Music was first delivered on vinyl records, then on magnetic tape in one form or another, such as 8-tracks and cassettes. Optical media, better known as CDs, came later, and many wondered what would ...

The death of the humble CD has been greatly exaggerated in recent years. Soon the silver disc will celebrate its 40 th anniversary and despite a gentle decline in sales, mostly thanks to streaming ...

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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. In case you haven’t heard, CDs are back. It’s time to ...

Back in the 90s, I bought one of the first car stereo head units available that could play MP3 CDs. Not long after, I embarked on a massive CD ripping spree to convert my entire CD collection (around ...

We get a lot of mail at NPR Music, and amid the value-packed coupon booklets we'll never open is a slew of smart questions about how music fits into our lives — and, this week, what to do about an ...

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 ...

If the thought of ripping your entire CD collection to MP3 makes you want to scrub the grout in your shower instead, send it off to Ripshark. After they ship you the packing materials to accomodate ...

CDs may not be the first thing to come to mind when you think of the Library of Congress, but it houses more than 500,000. The extensive collection includes everything from music to maps and labs ...