Gold compact disc
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A gold compact disc is one in which gold is utilized in place of the high-purity aluminium or silver commonly used as the reflective coating on ordinary CDs and CD-Rs respectively. Gold disks are available as both CDs and CD-Rs as well, and are compatible with standard players and recorders.
The advantage of the gold reflection layer lies in its corrosion resistance. As such, gold CDs were seen as a potential solution to the incidence of CD rot on early CDs (mainly manufactured by PDO UK).[1]
In 2014, Audio Fidelity, an American publisher of audiophile CDs, announced that it was abandoning the gold format and moving to the hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format for future releases.[2]
See also
- Compact disc
- Enhanced CD
- Remastering
- CD rot
- Gold album
- Audiophile
- Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL)
- Super Audio CD
- Extended Resolution Compact Disc
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