Editing Compact Disc Digital Audio (section)

=== Peak ===
CD sales in the United States peaked by 2000.<ref name="statista">{{cite web |last1=Richter |first1=Felix |title=The Rise and Fall of the Compact Disc |url=https://www.statista.com/chart/12950/cd-sales-in-the-us/ |website=Statista |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013073724/https://www.statista.com/chart/12950/cd-sales-in-the-us/ |archive-date=13 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> By the early 2000s, the CD player had largely replaced the [[audio cassette]] player as standard equipment in new automobiles, with 2010 being the final model year for any car in the United States to have a factory-equipped cassette player.<ref name=nyt20120718>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/automobiles/06AUDIO.html|title=For Car Cassette Decks, Play Time Is Over|last=Williams|first=Stephen|newspaper=New York Times|date=4 February 2011|access-date=18 July 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110105333/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/automobiles/06AUDIO.html|archive-date=10 November 2012}}</ref>

Two new formats were marketed in the 2000s designed as successors to the CD: the [[Super Audio CD]] (SACD) and [[DVD-Audio]]. However neither of these were adopted partly due to increased relevance of digital (virtual) music and the apparent lack of audible improvements in audio quality to most human ears.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journal of the AES » 2007 September - Volume 55 Number 9 |url=https://www.aes.org/journal/online/JAES_V55/9/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=www.aes.org |language=sk}}</ref> These effectively extended the CD's longevity in the music market.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blu-ray is to DVD as SACD was to CD: Better, but not enough better? |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/blu-ray-is-to-dvd-as-sacd-was-to-cd-better-but-not-enough-better/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref>