Lossless formats like ALAC and FLAC grab headlines, but AAC is the best audio format for most everyday listeners.

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Just what we needed: a supposedly improved CD specification. Sony Music Entertainment has launched Blu-spec in Japan and is selling Blu-spec CDs for a few of its well-known artists. Ex-movie theater ...

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 ...

A coalition of label marketers worked with MTV, radio stations and music stars to sell skeptical executives on the format — and delivered a boom that lasted for nearly 20 years. By Steve Knopper On ...

Though not the first digital optical disc format (that would be Laserdisc), Compact Disc blazed a digital trail into the mainstream long before streaming and high-resolution audio become industry ...