Vinyl is booming, streaming services are more popular than ever, and we’re all depressed. This means one thing and one thing only: it’s time to reassess CDs.

Yes, friends, you read that correctly. The humble compact disc has been unloved for far too long. And we’re here to change that. And your opinion. After this you’ll no longer view CDs as a boring bit of old technology. Instead, you’ll view them as a medium we should all value and throw ourselves at the feet of.

Read the full article here: https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2021/03/05/cds-compact-discs-underappreciated-music-format-lossless-cd-analysis/

The video (and article for that matter) is split into a few broad sections, which will go as thus:

00:00 — Intro
00:59 — What is sampling rate?
04:15 — What is bit depth?
05:58 — What is bitrate?
07:20 — How much difference is there between different lossy and lossless audio files?
09:48 — The audio quality of CDs
10:48 — The benefits of owning the music you listen to
11:49 — Why CDs are the best value physical media format
13:21 — CD vs. Vinyl: Which is “better?”
16:14 — How should we listen to CDs?
17:12 — Review: Marantz CD6007 CD player
20:39 — Should you start collecting CDs?
21:59 — How to balance different music formats
24:03 — Conclusion

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