London musician Alexander Kolkowski has provided new life for the dying music CD by transforming it into an older format. His idea: Turn the disc into a vinyl record. He said: "I will simulate optical numbers."
Use the modified Wilcox-Gay Recordette, which was a home stereo and recording device in the 1950s, as long as the record slot was cut down so that it could be turned into a CD on a turntable. The reconstructed CD plays 45 revolutions per minute. The result of the audio is "a nice, warm sound, like it was remastered by an overdrive tube amplifier." 
Any digital or audio input, including a microphone, can be connected to Kolkowski's custom devices, which means he can select any song, sound or recording to a CD player record. To do this, the input device needs to send an electrical signal to the Recordette, which cuts an exact waveform representation of the sound to the CD's arm player and works in reverse. It presents the raw data disc readings.