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Bit Pricey maybe

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Bit Pricey maybe

Effin awesome!!! Pity about the price.

Wonderful, been along time coming !

No good :angry: no setting for my Brunswikc Canadian records that play at 16and a half,at them prices you would want one that play all the formats,wouldnt you?

By scanning below the surface, scratches are inaudible and even broken records can be played, if you need to transcribe those old 78s!

Isn't there a DJ with a Shrine single in bits still sealed in a mailer without packaging. He might be interested in it.

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Bit Pricey maybe

Maybe the price will come down in the long term.Remember how expensive digital cameras used to be for example.....Presuming it actually works of course

Maybe the price will come down in the long term.Remember how expensive digital cameras used to be for example.....Presuming it actually works of course

Going to look at one this weekend I hope, will let you know !

This has been discussed before. The price is unlikely to come down in the same way as digital cameras have as it's very much a 'niche' product. Digital cameras were always going to supercede normal film-based cameras in the same way that CDs and MP3s have superceded vinyl. As a result the uptake has meant significant price reductions. This product will have a limited market.

Laser Turntable

Edited April 26, 200619 yr by sweeney

First read about this in New Scientist 20 years ago. At that time a British company, that came up with the lazer turntable, had been bough out by a Japanese one. The Brit firm had stumbled at the problem of getting the lazer to read through the dust that inevitably collects in the grooves of a vinyl record. The conventional stylus was able to deal with some debris just by pushing it out of the way. I wonder how they solved that problem with lazer?

First read about this in New Scientist 20 years ago. At that time a British company, that came up with the lazer turntable, had been bough out by a Japanese one. The Brit firm had stumbled at the problem of getting the lazer to read through the dust that inevitably collects in the grooves of a vinyl record. The conventional stylus was able to deal with some debris just by pushing it out of the way. I wonder how they solved that problem with lazer?

Allegedly they didn't, which is why these highly expensive follies aren't actually considered that good. You'd need to clean a record scrupulously to optimise the performance. Even then who knows?

The best approach, then, might be to play it using a stylus to clean it and then bang it on the $7,000 lazer machine.

Best Approach might be to spend $7700 on vinyl and play it how it should be played.

Had a Jack Russell that wouldnt give up on anything like most jacks but this is a dead horse!

Best Approach might be to spend $7700 on vinyl and play it how it should be played.

Had a Jack Russell that wouldnt give up on anything like most jacks but this is a dead horse!

They could have 2 lasers, one to burn the debris clean the groove. Early days.