The ELP Laser Turntable

[Botch]

Only $15,000!! :banana-dance: :banana-dance: :banana-dance:

http://www.decodedmagazine.com/the-eip-laser-turntable-plays-records-without-touching-them/

What is kinda interesting about this is that the groove info is never digitized, it's kept in the analog realm. :ugeek:

 

[MakeMineVinyl]

This is not the first time I've seen this type of technology applied to vinyl. It is of particular interest to people who must archive old recordings for museums etc.

As a solution for me, the end user who **listens** to vinyl in my home, I think that this is a solution looking for a problem. Record wear is really NOT an issue unless someone is a total moron who lets their vinyl get dirty, and does not maintain their turntable and cartridge (duh, don't let the stylus get overly worn). And really, I think that the "distortions" which are introduced by the act of tracing a groove mechanically are at least in part responsible for the unique sound qualities of vinyl.

Take away that, and I would suspect that you would take away much of the justification for playing vinyl in the first place; might as well simply play a CD or computer file.

 

[Deleted member 133]

It has a digital display. Surely that must affect the sound. Analog meters would have sounded much better.

Jeff