A gold CD is one in which gold is used in place of the super purity aluminum commonly used as the reflective coating on regular CDs.

The gold coats more evenly and reacts with oxygen slower, thus reducing CD rot and providing greater longevity.

The high fidelity usually associated with gold CDs is actually a result of the remastering process and not of the gold coating itself. Gold CDs can be played in any CD player.

Examples

• ABBA - Greatest Hits
• Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father to the Man
• The Doors - Strange Days
• The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
• Elton John - Elton John's Greatest Hits
• Jethro Tull - Aqualung
• Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
• The Police - Ghost in the Machine

See also

• Compact disc
• Enhanced CD
• Remastering
• CD rot
• Gold album
• Audiophile
• Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL)
• Super Audio CD
• Extended Resolution Compact Disc

High end audio | CD