CDs are obsolete. By the time I got my first CD player and my first CD, back in 1985, CDs were already obsolete. Now, if you think about that, that’s just about the dumbest lie ever. But in 1985, the third generation of CD players were on the market and CD-ROM drives were released. From there, it’s a downhill slide to Napster and Kazaa and DVDs. It’s like, inevitable, teleological.
My computer is in the shop. I’m getting a DVD write drive installed. I’m so behind.
I’m moving offices from one room to the other at home…moving into the bigger bedroom, right? And so tonite I’m throwing out my CD player. It’s old. Crappy. Still works. But crappy.
From Purple Rain (Prince; 1984):
The Compact Disc Digital Audio System offers the best possible sound reproduction – on a small convenient disc. Its remarkable performance is the result of a unique combination of digital storage and laser optics.
From The Other Side of Life (Moody Blues; 1986):
The Compact Disc Digital Audio System offers the best possible sound reproduction – on a small convenient sound-carrier unit.
The Compact Disc’s superior performance is the result of laser-optical scanning combined with digital playback, and is independent of the technology used in making the original recording.
This recording technology is identified on the back cover by a three-letter code:
DDS — Digital tape recorder used during the session recording, mixing and/or editing, and mastering (transcription).
ADD — Analogue tape recorder used during session recording; digital tape recorder used during subsequent mixing and/or editing during mastering (transcription).
AAD Analogue tape recorder used during session recording and subsequent mixing and/or editing; digital tape recorder used during mastering (transcription).
Now, I know there’s some sort of Kabbalistic code in here, but I can’t decipher it. Maybe the answer is just pi.
