Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I saw news about a new "clear" CD released by the artist Lorde. I wanted to see this for myself and see if any of my CD players could even play this disc, and if so, figure out WHY it is likely to have problems playing in people's CD players.

0:00 Intro
1:09 Test equipment
21:03 Lorde's clear CD Test NEC player
33:53 Lorde's clear CD Test DVD player

-- Links

Purchase Lorde's clear CD on amazon USA: (affiliate link)
amzn.to/41w48NJ

Fixing up the NEC CD-510:
youtube.com/watch?v=52ER51QrsBE

Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g

Support the channel on Patreon:
patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement

My GitHub repository:
github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

--- Instructional videos

My video on chip removal without damage:
youtube.com/watch?v=XQVjwPsVFd8

--- Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino