....weighing in on @unclewilbur 's query....
There's also a void in my cheap 5 disc player where discs disappear.
How the heck does that happen?
....that's....hard to interpret in some ways, but....here goes.
Did you put 5 in the tray and one disappeared when re-opened?
Do you load it only in the dark? Do you load it when your are?
Do you smell melting polycarbonate?
Get it gone...out of the house and your life.
Read about this happening on X ... Demonic possessions, pets that hate certain CD's because of the frequencies you can't hear but makes them do weird things, a mini-black hole has somehow nested in That recess in the tray....
Send it to me immediately...I know what to do with this sort of thing, and more than happy to help out a fellow 'phile....👍