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the audio cd is a beautiful standard because it is something truly rare in the field of technology: it is complete. it set out to solve the problem of distributing audio, and it solved it so completely that it will never be obsolete, because it delivers quality far surpassing what the human ear can make out. for the last four decades, audio has simply been a solved problem, thanks to the cd.
it's also drm-free and a physical medium! i love the cd.
if the cd dies and vinyl survives, we riot.