Why the CD Is 74 Minutes Long? [Audio]

When the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard came out in 1980, there was a curious fact about it: It was 74 minutes long. Not 60 minutes. Or an even 70 minutes. No, 74. And it was all one deaf man's fault. More »

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