But if you’re feeling a bit nostalgic and want to throw on one of your old CDs ... a compact CD player that could discreetly connect up to his fancy Klipsch speaker. The optical drive itself ...

Should you need to make your own actuator then aside from the easy-to-obtain old CD drive the files can be found on Thingiverse. And introduce yourself to the world of CD drives for CNC machines ...

Sacramento, Calif – May 23 , 2012 : Capital Public Radio is currently accepting donations of used CDs, DVDs, LPs, video games and other audio formats for its Annual Used Record & CD Sale.

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.