Re: Turntables and LPs
By: Ogg to Nightfox on Wed Sep 15 2021 12:20 am
Og> theme) and hasn't been cleaned up properly. How long has this
Og> laser turntable been around? I had no idea that this was
Og> getting explored back in the 80s. "The first working model,
I don't know how long this has been around. I think I first came across that la
ser turntable maybe 8 years ago.. Interesting if it was being explored in the 8
0s. I'd think the price would be less than it is if that were the case.
Og> It is interesting to read that the specs indicate "black vinyl"
Og> only. I guess that leaves out the fancy LPs in alternate
Og> colours - for now.
Yeah, I guess that's not too surprising..
Og> I was positioning myself to digitize my LP collection a few
Og> years ago, but when Spotify came along, the whole idea seemed
Og> moot. A Spotify subscription is far less than the cost of time
Og> to handle every record manually, and adding all the meta data /
Og> tags labelling on all the recordings properly, plus the cost of
Og> additional storage, plus a decent backup regiment.
The advantage is it's your own copy of the music. I don't like to rely on strea
ming services all the time.. Also, storage is cheap. I'd probably prefer to ha
ve a CD version though. I ripped my whole CD collection in 2009, and I sometime
s still buy music on CD and rip it on my PC.
Og> The 1st generation CD players did a horrible job with CDs when
Og> they first came out.
I imagine that may be why some people think vinyl sounds better.
Og> No need to buy the laser turntable just yet. Audition one if/
Og> when you get a chance. The cost of LPs is crazy at $20+
I'm not sure where I'd be able to borrow one. I haven't seen any in my area.
Og> Further into the wiki article above: "A similar technology is
Og> to scan or photograph the grooves of the record, and then
Og> reconstruct the sound from the modulation of the groove
Og> revealed by the image." ..now THAT sounds like an interesting
Og> (obvious) approach too.
I've heard of that being done too. I think it would be interesting to have a mu
sic collection in the form of photos (as PNGs or JPGs) rather than audio files.
I wonder if you could even save some drive space that way.. I wonder if a phot
o of a vinyl album would be smaller than individual FLAC or MP3 files for the sa
me album.
Nightfox
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