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  2. Compact disc - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] It is debatable whether Russell's concepts, patents, and prototypes instigated and in some measure influenced the compact disc's design. [9] The compact disc is an evolution of LaserDisc technology, [10] where a focused laser beam is used that enables the high information density required for high-quality digital audio signals. Unlike ...

  3. CD player - Wikipedia

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    The unified design of the compact disc allowed consumers to purchase any disc or player from any company and allowed the CD to dominate the at-home music market unchallenged. [8] The Sony CDP-101, released in 1982, was the world's first commercially released compact disc player. It was originally sold only in Japan.

  4. A look back at what the world was like when AOL began

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    The first compact discs were stamped off the production line on August 17, 1982. Since then, 200 billion CDs have been produced — 194 billion accounted for by AOL signup disks, according to Wired .

  5. Timeline of audio formats - Wikipedia

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    A photo of a theatrical DTS CD-ROM disc used for the original 1993 release of Jurassic Park Digital. Digital Theatre System (DTS), Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS), MPEG-1 Audio Layer III (MP3) 1994 TwinVQ: Digital. 1995 RealAudio [3] 1997 DTS-CD: Digital. DTS audio 1998 WavPack (file format) Digital.

  6. LaserDisc - Wikipedia

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    Compact disc : CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD ... was invented by David Paul Gregg and James Russell in 1963 ... and sturdy handles were provided in case two people were required ...

  7. History of sound recording - Wikipedia

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    Ring-and-spring microphones, such as this Western Electric microphone, were common during the electrical age of sound recording c. 1925–45.. The second wave of sound recording history was ushered in by the introduction of Western Electric's integrated system of electrical microphones, electronic signal amplifiers and electromechanical recorders, which was adopted by major US record labels in ...

  8. CD-R - Wikipedia

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    CD-R (Compact disc-recordable) is a digital optical disc storage format. A CD-R disc is a compact disc that can only be written once and read arbitrarily many times. CD-R discs (CD-Rs) are readable by most CD readers manufactured prior to the introduction of CD-R, unlike CD-RW discs.

  9. Album era - Wikipedia

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    Usually defined as lasting from the mid-1960s until the mid-2000s, [1] [2] it was driven primarily by three successive music recording formats: the 33⅓ rpm long-playing record (LP), the cassette tape, and the compact disc (CD). Rock musicians from the US and UK were often at the forefront of the era. The term "album era" is also used to refer ...