Ars Technica

How do you get an "Enhanced CD" to play on the computer?

Help, I'm stumped! I just bought a new CD and the disc is labeled "Enhanced CD". When I insert it into my computer's CD drive, it opens up the music video of the feature song on the CD but none of the ...
Ars Technica

Cannot play Music CD's on my CDRW

I get no sound thru the mic jack on the front of my computer using my speakers or a headset... there is a volume control, but no play button.<P>Direct X has not come up in any posts I have read, or ...
Gramophone

Which 'best of all worlds' hi-fi system should you buy?

If you want to stream music, but also play your CD collection, the answer used to be a stack of boxes. But there are ways around 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 ...
What Hi-Fi?

I tried Lorde’s transparent CD in 7 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 ...