Word: discs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Availability can also be a problem. Compact disc manufacturers can only meet about 30 to 35 percent of the demand, says Rich Kenney, who buys pop music compact discs for the Harvard Coop...
Almost every suite on campus is home to some kind of hi-fi equipment, be it a boom box, a walkman (with or without speakers) or an elaborate stereo complete with the audio industry's hottest-selling gadget, the compact disc (cd) player...
...individual stereo components, compact disc players have grabbed a permanent share of the college market in the four years since they've been introduced. Tweeter, Etc. in Harvard Square sells three times as many compact disc players as turntables, shop managers...
...Radio Shack, compact disc players, which retail for $200 to $249, are among the fastest selling items. "They're the best game in town," says salesman Todd M. Foley...
Still, just as personal computers have steadily improved in speed and power, so a doubled sampling rate and better playback equipment should eliminate many of the current complaints. "The compact disc is a technology still in its infancy," says Michael Smolen, senior editor of Stereo Review magazine. "By the time it reaches adulthood, there won't be any of these specious arguments...