Compact Disc -- 25 Years

[theWB]

Hard to believe but the compact disc has been with us for 25 Years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_hi_te/compact_disc_anniversary

 

[Beat_Dominator]

Long live the King

 

[STV]

25 years and still going strong! Yeah!

 

[risabet]

Hard to believe but the compact disc has been with us for 25 Years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_hi_te/compact_disc_anniversary

Hard to believe it lasted that long! Just to point out the the LP originated in 1948 and is still going, maybe not strongly but I'd wager that in 20 years the LP will still be around and CDs, what are those?"

 

[Craig]

I think CDs will be around for a long time to come. Only becuase there are so many millions if not billions are produced. A better question is how long will they last before they deteriorate. They do have a lifespan you know. The CDRs are only expected to last about 10 years where as the MFSL Gold CDRs are claimed to last a lifetime. How long will the average store bought recorded CD last is probably variable depending on the quality of disc used.

Another good reason to rip and archive all your CDs to a digital file. But then hard drives have a limited lifespan too so then you'll need to back that up periodically. This also applies to DVDs. How long will recorded master tapes last?

 

[theWB]

I think CDs will be around for a long time to come. Only becuase there are so many millions if not billions are produced.

553 million in the United States alone last year.
I think they will still be around awhile, but it's obvious things are moving very quickly with the digital files and this someday is how most of us will listen to our music.

 

[Rich]

Hard to believe it lasted that long! Just to point out the the LP originated in 1948 and is still going, maybe not strongly but I'd wager that in 20 years the LP will still be around and CDs, what are those?"

I think it is pretty funny to hear the vinyl afficianados predicting the demise of the c.d.. Sounds just like all those folks who were predicting the demise of vinyl back in the early 80's when c.d.s came out. C.D.s won't disappear in the near future any more than the l.p. did, because it is a long-term storage medium that can reproduce high fidelity audio.

Even if they stopped producing them today, the used market would go strong for many, many years. I have c.d.s that were purchased twenty years ago and there is no loss of fidelity or signs of deterioration (which is more than I can say for the vinyl I bought twenty years ago -- but I was never careful enough with my vinyl).

Having said all that, I still can't wait for the day when I can buy my music on a little flash drive that contains ultra-high resolution audio files that will last a lifetime and require a player with no moving parts. I think that is the only thing that is really going to bring about the demise of the c.d.

 

[eknuds01]

The CDs will be here for a long, long time guys. They aren't going to be shutting down the factories that make CDs anytime soon. They are, and always will be, a great way to listen to music. You can store a ton of information on CDs/DVDs.

Erik

 

[risabet]

I think it is pretty funny to hear the vinyl afficianados predicting the demise of the c.d.. Sounds just like all those folks who were predicting the demise of vinyl back in the early 80's when c.d.s came out. C.D.s won't disappear in the near future any more than the l.p. did, because it is a long-term storage medium that can reproduce high fidelity audio.

Even if they stopped producing them today, the used market would go strong for many, many years. I have c.d.s that were purchased twenty years ago and there is no loss of fidelity or signs of deterioration (which is more than I can say for the vinyl I bought twenty years ago -- but I was never careful enough with my vinyl).

Having said all that, I still can't wait for the day when I can buy my music on a little flash drive that contains ultra-high resolution audio files that will last a lifetime and require a player with no moving parts. I think that is the only thing that is really going to bring about the demise of the c.d.

I actually meant manufacturing of the little silver discs. The used market will be massive for them for a long time.

I too await memory-based music.

 

[Craig]

I hope they stay around for a while. I just invested a significant amount on a high-end CD player, the Wadia 581i. I did go a little extra on it and made sure I got the digital input model so it can also do double duty as a great DAC for decoding those high-rez digital flash card albums some day.

SACDs seem to be hanging in there but are still mostly only jazz and classical recordings.

 

[Audioseduction]

Having said all that, I still can't wait for the day when I can buy my music on a little flash drive that contains ultra-high resolution audio files that will last a lifetime and require a player with no moving parts.

Rich, that would be very cool! :music:

 

[Joey_V]

Hard to believe but the compact disc has been with us for 25 Years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/ap_on_hi_te/compact_disc_anniversary

Yeah.... I just realized that yesterday when I opened my mailbox and saw the new TAS issue... CD is 25y young.

Joey