The sound effect CD cassette for receiving a CD has a combination of a control circuit, a speaker and a battery; the control circuit is provided with a sound playing switch and a sound effect chip for recording. The sound effect recorded in the chip is a specification of the content of the CD or is a segment of the record from the content of the CD; so that a consumer or user can directly activate the playing switch on the CD cassette, the speaker on the CD cassette can thereby play the sound effect, the user can understand the specification of the content of the CD packed in the CD cassette from the sound effect.