PSone as a CD player

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:54:22 +0000

I didn’t really need this, but I didn’t have a good enough answer to the question “Why not?” so here we are.

Backstory

Some time ago I was looking at getting a CD player for my work room, as I already had a turntable and a tape deck, so a CD player was the missing piece of the puzzle. Every time I looked around at what was available I came back disappointed - most of the CD players are dull black or grey rectangular boxes of sadness, and the ones blessed with a modicum of attention to the design cost stupid amounts of money. So, while I care about functionality, aesthetics are also very important to me. Sometimes even more so, like in this case for example, because, let’s be real - there are really no good reasons to deal with CDs nowadays. They are just pieces of plastic with digital data stamped on them, so I might just as well rip them and listen on my PC. But where’s the fun in that? Files are virtual and CDs very much are not. While maybe not as nice as vinyl as physical objects, I grew up with them so they carry that nostalgic vibe I wanted to have nearby. Personally, they remind me both of my childhood and the techno-optimism that was prevalent in the early ’00s. They also remind me of the times I played games on PSone. Games on CDs, music on CDs, tons of backup data CDs… CDs were everywhere in the household at a certain point and then they just vanished.

Psone on somemisopaste

PSone as a CD player

Backstory