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20th Anniversary of CD Today

Time flies when you're having fun. Yup, Sony introduced the CD in Japan 20 years ago (Billy Joel). Per Public Radio, they thought it would take off but got tons of grief instead. Audiophiles didn't like the sound. Record companies thought the bits would be too easy to copy. Lots of groups thought it was a bad idea. The record companies just don't like anything new, do they? As it turned out, they amassed a fortune from the restocking. In any case, 20 years! Wow! It took that long to take it to the next steps.
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Imagine the day a genuine replacement for the CD ever catches on and how loony the starved-for-software CD freaks will sound... well lessee, I have a $199 MII (musical implant interface; perfect mind forever) but no way does Britney's grandaughter sound as good on that as Natalie Merchant does on my $5,000 CD combo...

Viva CD! I love the lil devils.
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