Standard CDs are made with a little polycarbonate plastic, a splash of aluminum, and some glue. Audio is decoded by a red laser reading the microscopic pits on the disc’s surface, which contain
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Does vinyl really sound better than a compact disc? This is a debate that is not only very scientific but also very emotional. To explain this
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Luminate, the company that monitors music sales and streaming consumption, released its weekly numbers last week, I sighed over the year-to-date sales of
Read MoreAnyone who’s been into music and movies for a long time probably has a basement littered with obsolete technology. Every hear of DiscoVision? This format (also known as the LaserDisc) was developed in
Read MoreAlmost exactly 40 years ago, a new music format called the “compact disc” was being touted as the future of recorded music. It all seems so science-fiction-y back then. Here’s how the BBC
Read MoreThe introduction of the compact disc brought the music industry out of a terrible post-disco recession but also created a new wave of prosperity that lasted for the rest of the century. But
Read MoreI remember a period in the 90s when people swore that there was an insanely simple way of making any compact disc sound better. All you had to do was take a green
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] After more than a decade of work, building on an idea first posited in 1931 for a device known as the “optophone,” Sony of
Read MoreIt was on August 17, 1982, when the first commercially-available compact disc rolled out of the Philips factory in Germany. According to some records, the very first title produced for stores was The
Read MoreAd time for the Super Bowl is sold out. NBC got US$7 million per spot. And now, some free music news for February 5, 2022. Interesting: After Joni Mitchell pulled her albums from
Read MoreHave you ever heard the name Jim Russell? He’s an American scientist. The name doesn’t ring a bell? Russell is the guy who essentially invented the compact disc and the DVD. Wait a
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