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20th Anniversary of CD Today

Time flies when you're having fun. Yup, Sony introduced the CD in Japan 20 years ago (Billy Joel). Per Public Radio, they thought it would take off but got tons of grief instead. Audiophiles didn't like the sound. Record companies thought the bits would be too easy to copy. Lots of groups thought it was a bad idea. The record companies just don't like anything new, do they? As it turned out, they amassed a fortune from the restocking. In any case, 20 years! Wow! It took that long to take it to the next steps.
ozfly
6chac
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Love those silver dics! My first CD player was something SAE 01 (?). Bought in the late 80's, and still kicking :-).
lugnut
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So, uh, should we throw a party or something? Not.
6chac
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Err, I am going vinyl! Hope My old Microseiki TT still work.Oh, it did, yesterday. Hmm, I going CDs tomorrow then ;-)
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nrchy
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Lugnut, I would prefer a wake but as we can see some people like the CD so unfortunately it's demise is still a ways off.
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nrchy
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Lugnut, I would prefer a wake but as we can see some people like the CD so unfortunately it's demise is still a ways off.
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