I've put together 14 high-quality original podsafe instrumental tunes from my Penmachine Podcast into a CD album you can buy. It also includes a bonus data DVD with a bunch of cool stuff that isn't on this website. Find out more...
At about 40x speed, CDs may become unstable due to the structure of the plastic media, scratches on the disk surface and weight or friction of the ink used to print the label. At 52x (27,500rpm), disks can shatter in a "rain of plastic particles," shooting out long, sharp, knife-like shrapnel at half the speed of sound.
Yikes. And I thought the vibration and whooshing noises were just annoying.