The (R)evolution of Portable Audio – Part 4 The world goes digital

Not even the Sony Walkman could shield analogue audio from the future, but the key technology that launched the CD first appeared in a telephone during World War II. Darren Yates explains...

Portable Audio


Alec Reeves had sadly passed away by the time global tech giants Sony and Philips jointly launched the Compact Disc in 1982. The optical disc that brought the world digital audio for the first time may well seem to be an invention of its time, but...

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