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I tried Lorde’s transparent CD in 9 different disc players – but did it play on any of them?

A few weeks ago, we brought you the news that Lorde's new album Virgin, which was released on a fully transparent CD, wouldn't play. Fans reported (across BBC, Reddit and Amazon reviews) that the disc ...
Hypebeast

BEAMS Launches km5's Clear Instant Disk CP1 CD Player

BEAMS and Japanese audio brand km5 have teamed up for the launch of a clear version of the Instant Disk CP1 CD player. Following up on the audio specialists’ black and white models, the clear edition ...
Rolling Stone

Fans Claim Lorde’s ‘Virgin’ CDs Don’t Work in Most CD Players

Lorde is selling CD versions of her new album, Virgin, that are crystal clear, recyclable, and not listenable — at least for some fans. Across social media, fans have been voicing issues with the ...
Inverse

I'm Obsessed With This Transparent Bluetooth CD Player

I thought I was done with CDs and CD players forever when I got my first iPod over 17 years ago. But then Linkin Park released Meteora: 20th Anniversary on CD in April, sending me down a deep rabbit ...
Ars Technica

open disc cd's? seems more like closed disc to me?

Bought a cd (Viva Elvis The album). I was going to open it and get an mp3 version onto my notebook so I can play it in the truck along with all my other mp3s as opposed to using the cd player (which ...