I hadn't seen a reference to this in quite some time - my understanding was that it didn't meet the quality level of a high end needle turntable, and was 'too different' to boot, so it rather died out. (IIRC, they were trying to market it as analogous (ha!) to a CD, which kind of got laughed at...)
This was actually my original thought, but then it occurred to me that a) this gives you an opportunity to push the grooves closer and make them finer, b) you can slap a protective layer over the top. Which kinda starts to look like a CD, but analog. Or, a LaserDisc. (Wheeeee!)
Gotta admit, I've never gotten the tactile joy from playing an LP. Usually just the opposite.
"On track, gently, on track, gently, on track, on tr*KRRZZZZTTTT*DAMMIT!"
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Date: 2008-04-03 06:41 pm (UTC)I hadn't seen a reference to this in quite some time - my understanding was that it didn't meet the quality level of a high end needle turntable, and was 'too different' to boot, so it rather died out. (IIRC, they were trying to market it as analogous (ha!) to a CD, which kind of got laughed at...)
This was actually my original thought, but then it occurred to me that a) this gives you an opportunity to push the grooves closer and make them finer, b) you can slap a protective layer over the top. Which kinda starts to look like a CD, but analog. Or, a LaserDisc. (Wheeeee!)
Gotta admit, I've never gotten the tactile joy from playing an LP. Usually just the opposite.
"On track, gently, on track, gently, on track, on tr*KRRZZZZTTTT*DAMMIT!"