Re: Turntables and LPs
By: Ogg to Ed Vance on Sat Sep 11 2021 10:18 pm
A while ago, I saw something online about this ELP laser turntable:
https://www.elpj.com
It's a record player that uses a laser (rather than a stylus) to read the groove
s on the disc. The advantage would be that since it doesn't make physical conta
ct with the record, it won't wear out the record. Also, they say the sound shou
ld be really good since there shouldn't be any hiss from a stylus sliding across
the record surface. Also, I think this turntable would be a good candidate to
be used for digitizing records.
I've been curious to try one, but they're so expensive. They cost at least $10,
000 (which seems a bit ridiculous to me).. Also, I've read some reviews saying
the sound isn't as good as you might think, and that the laser will also pick up
dust and translate it to audio, which isn't really a good thing; so the record
would need to be very clean before being played in this player.
If I could find a laser turntable like that for cheap, I might be tempted to buy
one and get into collecting records.
Nightfox
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