Apologies for raising something that may be very old news but somewhere along my HiFi journey this has slipped past unnoticed.
Browsing the internet looking at music due to be released and trying to find music that I might like I came across a company selling 24k Gold CD's.
Now, I know that I had a 20 year hiatus from serious music listening and only picking up the occasional CD from my local HMV but news about the issuing of 24k Gold CD's seems to have slipped under the radar for me, ditto the arrival of SACD on the market albeit I have got my head round those but 24K Gold CD!!!
Would I be correct in presuming that a CD in 24K Gold is simply a marketing ploy to justify the easing of a large chunk of money out of your bank account or are there actually some sonic benefits to be had by releasing music in this way? I would also guess that if I actually bought one of these shiny items my Audiolab 6000CDT wouldn't play it as I would need a special CD player?
24K Gold CD's - Sonically awesome or a bit of the Kings new clothes?
Browsing the internet looking at music due to be released and trying to find music that I might like I came across a company selling 24k Gold CD's.
Now, I know that I had a 20 year hiatus from serious music listening and only picking up the occasional CD from my local HMV but news about the issuing of 24k Gold CD's seems to have slipped under the radar for me, ditto the arrival of SACD on the market albeit I have got my head round those but 24K Gold CD!!!
Would I be correct in presuming that a CD in 24K Gold is simply a marketing ploy to justify the easing of a large chunk of money out of your bank account or are there actually some sonic benefits to be had by releasing music in this way? I would also guess that if I actually bought one of these shiny items my Audiolab 6000CDT wouldn't play it as I would need a special CD player?
24K Gold CD's - Sonically awesome or a bit of the Kings new clothes?