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Gold compact disc

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This article is about CDs which use gold for the reflective layer. For the audiovisual format featuring gold-coloured CD-sized discs, see CD Video.
A gold CD in a lift-lock case

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 compatable with standard players and recorders.

The advantage of the gold reflection layer lies in its significant resistance to corrosion compared to the aluminium layer found on ordinary compact discs. 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]

Since 2016, the Australian division of Sony Music have been reissuing back catalogue CDs as budget-priced (under $10) issues with gold CDs under the "Gold Series" branding.

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References

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  1. ^ "GOLD CDS - CD COLLECTING.COM". 2013-03-22. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  2. ^ Sinclair, Paul (March 4, 2014). "Audio Fidelity drop 24k Gold CDs". superdeluxeedition. Retrieved 2019-05-19.


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