During the 1990s, music was almost invariably stored on CDs or cassette tapes ... but there were a few other contenders around. The Digital Compact Cassette, or DCC, was one such format.

During the 1990s, music was almost invariably stored on CDs or cassette tapes ... but there were a few other contenders around. The Digital Compact Cassette, or DCC, was one such format.

In The Wire 491/492, John Brien argues that the humble compact disc offers efficient delivery of pure audio that bypasses the ...

The Shanling CR60 provides CD playback and ripping capability for a very reasonable $299, but it requires an external DAC.

So the Compact Disc is in terminal decline ... I’ve always considered CD playback to be a pretty bizarre way of moving a digital music file from one place to another. Today we’d put the ...