What is a traditional CD player ?

A CD player is a device that plays audio compact discs known as CD or computer disk read-only memory (CD-ROM). The name derives from its use in the CD single, a music format characterized by having only one song, unlike the LP album. Fully compatible players are also able to play MiniDiscs with CD-quality sound.

This article introduces what is a traditional CD player and describes the reasons to use it.

A decades-old technology, CDs are best to use in either work or home settings since they hold more storage than a digital music player. The storage of CDs is smaller than digital devices, because the tracks on the CD are written circularly and not continuously like a stream. But they have lower failure rate and higher accuracy while playing them during studio recordings, hence CDs are preferred over digital devices in older workspaces and safety-conscious workplaces, such as hospitals and nuclear plants.

It is important for all people to remember that every product has its staying power, whether it be old or new. We learn from books of history - one without the other renders an incomplete story completing moments that may change completely from how we think looking back.

Unlike other traditional players, a CD player contains an external decoder board instead of a cartridge. It downloaded and listens to compressed data - commonly on an optical disk.

The idea of playing music with compact discs has been around ever since 1977 when Sony released the first-ever compact disc which could play at 33⅓ and 45rpm in stereo or quadraphonic sound but read digital audio through its laser beam reading head rather than the more common magnetic "read" head that used amplifiers and transformers to produce their sound