When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Lawrence Manning It’s a debate that’s raged for decades. Which music format ...

If you are making music, which one is better: CD or vinyl? Since the vinyl record format’s recent comeback, there has been an increasing discourse about what physical audio format is better between ...

A resurgence of recent interest in CDs and CD players echoes an earlier wave of interest in vinyl records and turntables. The ...

The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...

Many people tend to associate musical nostalgia with the scratch of a needle against a vinyl record, but for me, it turns out a laser beam piercing the reflective surface of a spinning CD has the same ...

At Begyle Brewing on Sunday, June 8, the Chicago Independent Radio Project hosted its third CD Blowout Sale. CHIRP founder and general manager Shawn Campbell says the sale’s debut in May 2022 was a ...

You've probably never seen a turntable quite like it, as it taps into the hi-fi's physical media boom in an interesting way.

Streaming has been dominating the music industry for years now, but 2021 saw a notable rise in sales of physical albums, thanks in part to the success of Adele’s latest album. Both CDs and vinyl ...