Compact Discs

• A dangerous topic: What sounds better, CD or vinyl? Well…

  Ever since the CD was introduced in 1982, there's been a war about which sounds better: the compact disc or vinyl records. Who's right? You might not like the answer.

  Entertainment

  Mar 3, 2024
  
• Vinyl had another spectacular year. But how long can it last?

  Sales of vinyl records jumped 25 per cent in 2023. Can the format sustain this momentum? Maybe not.

  Entertainment

  Dec 24, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• We need to talk about the future of the compact disc. How much longer will it exist?

  The compact disc isn't going anywhere yet, but for the first time in ages, it has credible competition. And it's not vinyl, either.

  Entertainment

  Nov 26, 2023
• Advertisement
• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 985: MVV (Most Valuable Vinyl)

  There's a seemingly unsatiable demand for vinyl records. Some individual vintage releases are worth more than a house.

  Entertainment

  May 5, 2023
• The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Things you may not realize about streaming, part 2

  Streaming dominates music consumption now, but how much do you know about how it really works? Part two of this show will fill in a lot of blanks.

  Entertainment

  Dec 30, 2022
• Weekly survey: Is it time for a CD revival?

  To everything there is a season--but in nature, seasons repeat themselves.

  Entertainment

  Jan 24, 2022
• Lorde adds another death blow to the compact disc

  CD sales continue to crater at a pace worthy of an extinction-level asteroid. Lorde's new album apparently seeks to hasten their demise.

  Entertainment

  Jun 27, 2021
• A pandemic bright spot: Sales of vinyl records have exploded in Canada

  If you thought that we'd reached peak vinyl and that Canadians' renewed love affair with record had come to an end, you might want to reexamine those assumptons.

  Entertainment

  May 16, 2021
• Advertisement
• Weekly survey: When was the last time you bought a CD?

  Remember the days when we used to travel through space and time to purchases our music on pieces of plastic? When was the last time you did that?

  Entertainment

  Mar 22, 2021
• Advertisement
• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 907: Digital Debris part 2: Album artwork

  As we transition from buying pieces of plastic to consuming music as zeroes and ones, the entire music experience is changing. What will become of album artwork?

  Entertainment

  Jan 29, 2021