8 Feb
2007
8 Feb
'07
6:52 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Antonio wrote:
The UK distributor has a page here:
http://www.laser-vinyl.com/Turntables/Laser/TheLaserTurntable.htm
?10k for the "Archivist" version (which will do up to 12" and 78rpm).
You can solve the "dust bunnies" problem with their record cleaner
(sounds like it's a posh vacuum cleaner - quite posh since it's
?475!).
I don?t think I'll be ordering one this side of a lottery win as
the only thing I could play on it that is not already available
on CD is one of those magazine "discs" for the Spectrum. I expect
that I can find some other way of reconstructing that if needed!
Antonio
There is a turntable out there that is completely
non-contact, it
uses a laser based pickup (actually five lasers I think). It will
set you back a tidy sum though.
I assume you're talking about the one that looks like a large
Laserdisc player? IIRC, when it came out it cost $30k. The big
disadvantage to it is that the records must be *spotless*, as even a
speck of dust will effect playback. The reviews I've read also speak
of the audio quality being a little flat and lifeless. What I find
very interesting is that you're supposed to be able to take the
pieces of a broken record and carefully arrange them on the "platter"
and play them. I'd love to see one in action and hear it for myself,
but I doubt I'll ever be able to afford one.