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Posted by Smarty on 10/18/05 19:41
AnthonyR,
As a rabid audiophile, I would have loved an optical pickup for vinyl LPs. I
fussed with anti-static solutions, dust brushes, ionic units to discharge
the vinyl, etc. and never got truly noise free disks. Moreover, the mass
versus compliance of a mechanical stylus inevitably leads to one or more
natural resonances which make the stylus very non-linear. Distortion and
frequency response dips were inevitable. And a really good Ortofon moving
coil cartridge was several hundred dollars in the early 1960's !!
Yikes.....what were we thinking then ??!!
Smarty
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>> Ken,
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>> That is exactly what I do Ken. I actually offered that option in a
>> subsequent reply, describing how I took DVDs like Goodfellow (Robert
>> DiNiro) and others which span 2 sides and reauthor them to 2 disks.
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>> I'm old enough to remember the Garrard turntable which had a robotic arm
>> which would flip vinyl LP albums years ago. What a monstrosity. I'm glad
>> this is NOT being done for DVDs.
>>
>> Smarty
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> well yes because LP's had that physical connection with the needle to make
> but we've come a long way with electronics
> since those days, a laser on either side and a switching circuit would be
> all that is needed now but it would add to cost of manufacturing.
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> They even had lasers that can detect the physical grooves in old LP albums
> nowaday and convert the optical data into digital info that is then
> converted to music, so it can play old records without a needle or
> contact, and correct for scratches and avoid hiss etc..
> But these new record players are about $10,000 I believe.
> Amazing what lasers can do. Right?
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> AnthonyR.
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