Record 039 · Media · 1982
50%82.39.A
Compact Disc
Sony / Philips
“Digital audio as a living-room product and the last physical format that really won.”
74 minutes chosen to fit Beethoven's Ninth. Spawned CD-ROM, then DVD. Peak music-industry cash machine of the 1990s.
200+ billion CDs pressed over the format lifetime
- 16-bit/44.1 kHz Red Book
- Error-corrected optical pits
- CD-ROM data extension
Perfect sound forever.
