No shade Sony, but Hideo Kojima is celebrating his love of physical discs with a new limited edition version of my favorite mini CD player

km5 is collaborating with Kojima Productions on a limited edition CD player The Cp1 features Bluetooth 5.3, a 3.5mm headphone jack and more It's inspired by Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and comes in neon orange Sony might be planning to wind down its production of PlayStation game discs , but phy

<![CDATA[ <article> <ul><li><strong>km5 is collaborating with Kojima Productions on a limited edition CD player</strong></li><li><strong>The Cp1 features Bluetooth 5.3, a 3.5mm headphone jack and more</strong></li><li><strong>It's inspired by </strong><em><strong>Death Stranding 2: On the Beach </strong></em><strong>and comes in neon orange </strong></li></ul><p>Sony might be planning to <a href="https://www.techradar.com/gaming/removing-discs-doesnt-represent-progress-it-simply-removes-choice-the-entertainment-retailers-association-denounces-sonys-decision-to-kill-physical-discs">wind down its production of PlayStation game discs</a>, but physical media still has plenty of fans. Among them is auteur game director Hideo Kojima, whose studio Kojima Productions just announced a new collaboration with boutique Japanese audio brand km5, to celebrate that fact. </p><p>You can now buy an official <em>Death Stranding 2: On the Beach </em>version of km5's Cp1, a compact CD player that looks like a minimalist picture frame. It features wireless Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity so you can hook it up to one of the <a href="https://www.techradar.com/audio/wireless-bluetooth-speakers/best-bluetooth-speaker">best Bluetooth speakers</a>, or your wireless earbuds, in addition to a 3.5mm headphone jack if you'd prefer a more retro vibe. </p><p>It's got all the expected controls (a Bluetooth pairing button, play/pause, stop, fast forward, and rewind) in a row of clicky tactile buttons, and even a built-in battery which supports roughly eight hours of playtime, so you can take it on the go. And unlike retro players with nasty AA-type batteries, charging here is via USB Type-C. There's also a little LED display, which shows the current track number, and a little sleeve that you can use to display album art.</p><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1707px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.24%;"><img id="sLkxNZTG9bFobmH7GsPjbC" name="kjm_0879" alt="Instant Disc Audio CP1 DEATH STRANDING 2 Model (Limited Edition)" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sLkxNZTG9bFobmH7GsPjbC.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1707" height="960" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: KM5 / Kojima Productions)</span></figcaption></figure><p>The <em>Death Stranding 2 </em>edition is, naturally, translucent neon orange and is designed to look like the BB Pod from the game — that's the glowing jar that contains the adorable baby that you use to detect invisible enemies. It's got a few little decals to really drive home the look, including little text warnings like 'ensure lock is tight', and comes nestled in special packaging alongside a card insert inspired by the series.</p><p>It looks like a lovely little collectible and I already know that it's a capable little CD player, having used its big brother, the Cp2, for a few years now — the only real difference between the two models being the addition of a small speaker on the Cp2. I picked it up in Tokyo before the brand was more readily available worldwide, wanting a cute CD player that would be compact enough to fit on my shelf next to my extensive (and dare I say, pretty impressive) J-pop collection.</p><p>I normally have mine hooked up to my beefy JBL Boombox 4 (in a setup that TechRadar audio expert Matt Bolton once described as "insanity") blasting tunes as I work — right now Ano's single <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84kkLscAJUM" target="_blank"><em>Kill Love</em></a>. While the fidelity is obviously not quite as good as lossless streaming, there's simply nothing quite like the properly exploring a beautifully made physical album or the tactile sensation of popping in a new disc.</p><p>If you want to get your hands on this limited edition CD player, you can grab it online via the <a href="https://km5.co.jp/en-au/products/instant-disc-audio-cp1-death-stranding" target="_blank">km5 website</a> for $199 / £175 / AU$315, excluding shipping and any customs duties. That makes it about $40 / £40 / AU$60 more than the standard model. You might want to make haste though, as I expect it to sell out fast.</p><div style="min-height: 250px;"> <div class="kwizly-quiz kwizly-ey45BX"></div> </div> <script src="https://kwizly.com/embed/ey45BX.js" async></script> </article> ]]>