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

Some conspiracy theorists suspect the new Super Audio CD is a sinister plot to replace the traditional compact disc with a highly encrypted new format virtually immune to piracy. They’ve found the ...

Mixx Audio Analog Plus is a 2-In-1 vinyl record and CD player that fuses wireless audio playing options for musical nirvana.

At $2,399, the Shanling ONIX Zenith XST20 SACD/CD Transport is here to breathe new life into the “dead” audiophile formats of SACD and CD. Back to the future with SACD? Moments like this make me ...

Lossless audio is the first step toward audio nirvana. But what is it, does it really make a difference, and how can you get ...

Lossless formats like ALAC and FLAC grab headlines, but AAC is the best audio format for most everyday listeners.

Streaming services and hi-fi brands now promote “lossless” music as the new gold standard, promising studio-grade sound in ...

Getting a better-quality CD experience without having to upgrade your CD player sounds delightful, doesn't it? Sony's new Blu-spec CD format promises just that, employing the same technology used to ...

When it comes to discussions of digital audio, you’ll quickly run into an alphabet soup of acronyms: MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, DSD, and so on. It’s practically endless. You’d think that with this ...

With the accuracy of a true Red Book CD transport and delivering the natural warmth of a tube stage, the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 ...

The rise and fall of the digital compact cassette remains a salutary lesson for tech titans—it shows how you can get nearly everything right, and yet still fail badly. Like Britpop, whose 1993-1996 ...

Gone are the times when we used to listen to music on CD players. While everything around us is getting digital, we want our music to be digital too. Keeping a pile of CDs is too old-fashioned, and we ...