Subj : Re: Turntables and LPs
To   : Digital Man
From : Brian Rogers
Date : Wed Sep 15 2021 00:47:00

Hey Digital Man;

-=> Digital Man wrote to Nightfox <=-

 DM> I still have all my old records and will (very rarely) buy new ones,
 DM> but I really don't listen to them. I don't think they sound "better"
 DM> than CDs or FLACs and are so inconvenient. I just love (much) of the
 DM> album art on those beautiful 12" sleeves. It is a hobby though and more
 DM> power to you! If you find out how those laser record players
 DM> work/sound, be sure to let us know. :-) --

I've found over the years that almost everything involved with a conventional
record can affect the sound quality - or lack there of. A belt driven table
vs magnetic for example can add a lot more table rumble through the tone arm. 
Then you have stylus and cartridge... both of which lose tone with age.

Last but not least, the quality of the preamp which is the final link in the
audio chain. A better preamp typically will have better audio. Most people
don't put any thought into the preamp especially since the typical consumer
buys a unit with one built in and assumes it'll produce decent sound. An 
example of a very poor unit with a low-end preamp would be a "close-n-play"
as I show my age lol, and a step above that would be almost any average
consumer grade disk "changer" unit. Most of those units also had a rubber
wheel type gear that spun the platter and often the most noisiest.

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