Metal Health
Senior Member
Yes, and all that;s special about it is the laser. There's nothing more you can do with it, just watch the play the record without touching it. On second thought, I'm not going to spend ANY extra money on that!
New laser turntable plays your records without even touching them
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Yes, and all that;s special about it is the laser. There's nothing more you can do with it, just watch the play the record without touching it. On second thought, I'm not going to spend ANY extra money on that!
mrJim
Senior Member
possible my immediate thoughts about the reproduction are accurate.
Seems this is nothing really new.
Here is a Absolute Sound review of one model.
ELP LT-1LRC Laser Turntable | The Absolute Sound
Jim
Seems this is nothing really new.
Here is a Absolute Sound review of one model.
ELP LT-1LRC Laser Turntable | The Absolute Sound
Jim
Interesting article @mrJim I never thought about it that way. "Pleasant but dull" was the quote that got me. I have to admit that when listening to my vinyl, I have become accustomed to the familiar and unique sounds each record makes. I guess in a way, each copy of an album has it's own "fingerprint" so to speak.
mrJim
Senior Member
Hey Phil, I think your right it sort of does have a fingerprint doesn't it. You figure the needle is making contact and probably bounding around in the groove.
It just occurred to me that if it was using laser technology it must depend on reflection off the inside of the groove. the returning laser light would have to be picked up and converted to an electrical pulse, which fundamentally is what an analog signal is.
The first thing I picked up was "Totally Analog", so that's the only way I could think of that allow that kind'of claim. The conversion has to be based (to some extent)on some algorithm like elapsed time of reflection = distance converted to an electrical or Analog pulse.
I am not an Electrical Engineer by profession, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn one time.
All this amounts to "pleasant but dull", which is how I feel about the results I have seen from digital and/or DAC's (Digital to Analog Converter) themselves.
Jim
p.s.
Sorry the nerd in me came out there.
It just occurred to me that if it was using laser technology it must depend on reflection off the inside of the groove. the returning laser light would have to be picked up and converted to an electrical pulse, which fundamentally is what an analog signal is.
The first thing I picked up was "Totally Analog", so that's the only way I could think of that allow that kind'of claim. The conversion has to be based (to some extent)on some algorithm like elapsed time of reflection = distance converted to an electrical or Analog pulse.
I am not an Electrical Engineer by profession, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn one time.
All this amounts to "pleasant but dull", which is how I feel about the results I have seen from digital and/or DAC's (Digital to Analog Converter) themselves.
Jim
p.s.
Sorry the nerd in me came out there.
