First cd purchase

Brothers in Arms came out in '87, no, ? Or is my memory that bad?? (I bought the vinyl.) My first cd purchase; Joanie Mitchell,Blue

Bach Concertos for Violin by Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert after hearing the double concerto scored in the movie "Children of a Lesser God". This was my entry into the classical genre just about 20 years ago. I played it on my new Meridian MCD.

I bought Kenny Loggins's "Celebrate Me Home" CD. It was and remains the single most dreadful recording I have ever played. The things is so bright and thin that it makes the fillings in my teeth hurt.

Schipo,

My first CD purchased was Michael Jackson Thriller

French_fries,

My first CD player was the WDR-50 (Walkman CD player) - all bought the same year it came out (1985). I still have both and both still work and I feel both live up to the promise of digital. Not perfect but compelling enough for me ('ol tin ears} compared to previous generation technology.

I guess I was an early adopter. CD has been good enough so far and I have not felt compelled to go to DVD-A or SACD (yet)...although I find DVD 5.1 just as compelling as CD's were (DVD previous generation technology was VHS).

I bought two that I was very familiar with on pre-recorded on tape. This was so I could audition and compare the Rotel rcd965le and the sony 601 5 disc player. One was Matthew Ward's (Second Chapter of Acts) greatest hits and the other was a praise and worship cd. The Rotel won out easily in spite of the players being the same price. The Sony gave me a headache.