Quantity   Component name
1 × ESP32-WROVER (4M PSRAM, 8M FLASH) The heart of the operation
1 × ATAPI CD drive The thing to actually read the CD
1 × Wolfson WM8805 SPDIF to I2S transceiver
2 × TI PCA9555D I2C to 16 bit bus expander
1 × PCM5102 DAC
1 × IR Receiver Any off the shelf one works
1 × Futaba GP1232A02 VFD display Salvaged from an arcade cabinet
1 × ... other discrete components — see schematics