Subj : Turntables and LPs
To   : Ogg
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Sep 15 2021 08:33:33

  Re: Turntables and LPs
  By: Ogg to Nightfox on Wed Sep 15 2021 12:20 am

 Og> theme) and hasn't been cleaned up properly. How long has this 
 Og> laser turntable been around? I had no idea that this was 
 Og> getting explored back in the 80s. "The first working model, 

I don't know how long this has been around.  I think I first came across that laser turntable maybe 8 years ago..  Interesting if it was being explored in the 80s.  I'd think the price would be less than it is if that were the case.

 Og> It is interesting to read that the specs indicate "black vinyl" 
 Og> only. I guess that leaves out the fancy LPs in alternate 
 Og> colours - for now.

Yeah, I guess that's not too surprising..

 Og> I was positioning myself to digitize my LP collection a few 
 Og> years ago, but when Spotify came along, the whole idea seemed 
 Og> moot. A Spotify subscription is far less than the cost of time 
 Og> to handle every record manually, and adding all the meta data / 
 Og> tags labelling on all the recordings properly, plus the cost of 
 Og> additional storage, plus a decent backup regiment.

The advantage is it's your own copy of the music.  I don't like to rely on streaming services all the time..  Also, storage is cheap.  I'd probably prefer to have a CD version though.  I ripped my whole CD collection in 2009, and I sometimes still buy music on CD and rip it on my PC.

 Og> The 1st generation CD players did a horrible job with CDs when 
 Og> they first came out.

I imagine that may be why some people think vinyl sounds better.

 Og> No need to buy the laser turntable just yet. Audition one if/ 
 Og> when you get a chance. The cost of LPs is crazy at $20+

I'm not sure where I'd be able to borrow one.  I haven't seen any in my area.

 Og> Further into the wiki article above: "A similar technology is 
 Og> to scan or photograph the grooves of the record, and then 
 Og> reconstruct the sound from the modulation of the groove 
 Og> revealed by the image." ..now THAT sounds like an interesting 
 Og> (obvious) approach too.

I've heard of that being done too.  I think it would be interesting to have a music collection in the form of photos (as PNGs or JPGs) rather than audio files.  I wonder if you could even save some drive space that way..  I wonder if a photo of a vinyl album would be smaller than individual FLAC or MP3 files for the same album.

Nightfox

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