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Why are CD's decling in quality?

When CD came out in the 80's , they were marketed as 'indestructible'. They were built in such a way that they were almost impervious to any scratches and other damage.
As time went on, they declined in quality to the point that you could buy a cd and find it skipped on the first playing. Now many CD's I buy in the 21st Century seem to be incredibly vulnerable to damage. This is very frustrating.
.Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on this topic?
Or knowledge of why this has come about
acidfolk
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tomcy6
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Acidfolk,

Click on the "Popular Formats" link on the left side of cdJapan's home page and it will take you to a list of "High Fidelity Formats" where there are explanations of and links to various premium quality discs.
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thank yo Tomcy
mucho appreciated
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Tomcy6...
Do you have any knowledge of Blu-spec SQ vs. the other formats?
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No I don't Lowrider, but there has been discussion of them here in the past.
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OK, thanks...I found some threads. BTW, I like the CD Japan selection, but the shipping prices are high.

Funny, just a thought, since audiophiles spend so much on equipment, yet are reluctant to pay tow or three times the amount on CD's for best quality of them.
CD's are actually the source component , that might effect the sound quality of the whole chain of reproduced music in the system

That's a very profound thought.
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