Subj : Vinyl vs CD
To   : Ogg
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Feb 23 2022 09:37:59

  Re: Vinyl vs CD
  By: Ogg to Greenlfc on Sun Feb 20 2022 02:17 pm

 Og> That is reassuring, and somewhat astonishing actually. With LPs 
 Og> (and vinyl in general) being such a much smaller market than 
 Og> streaming services, I have to wonder what the justification 
 Og> might be for companies to continue to invest in producing the 
 Og> auxiliary supplies (cartridges/needles/tonearms/belts, etc) for 
 Og> the turntable crowd.

I've been wondering about that for a while.  I keep hearing about people who have gotten rid of their CDs and DVDs and streaming more, but apparently there is more demand for vinyl records?  I don't really get it.

 Og> Have you heard of the project that was poised to digitize LPs 
 Og> by passing a laser around the grooves?

I've seen laser turntables made by one particular company (it seems only one company makes them), and they're quite expensive.  Last time I checked, they started around $8,000, I think.  I thought the idea was cool, but I also heard that a laser turntable also tends to be more affected by dust & other particles than a traditional turnable would be.  A laser turntable will recreate the sound of all the grooves it reads, and dust and other particles will come across as noise, so the record really needs to be clean to work with a laser turntable.

Nightfox
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
 * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (21:1/137)

.