lightedcontrols
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The very best vinyl player?
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whirlcool
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Geeesh!
that price took my breath away! I wonder if it actually sounds as good as they say it does?
that price took my breath away! I wonder if it actually sounds as good as they say it does?
FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS?!
I swear to god I will never again scoff at the (mere) $7,000 KitchenAid laundry pair.
Ever.
I swear to god I will never again scoff at the (mere) $7,000 KitchenAid laundry pair.
Ever.
djmjlcst
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Not for $9900 - $14,000!
For that kind of money I will purchase a car or major appliance before investing in a laser turntable. I'll keep the needle to the record - please!
I read somewhere in an audiophile mag that the laser will wear out in time - something to think about! I know some CD players the laser would wear out and one can easily purchase a new CD player for a fraction of this! For the kind of money that this turntable costs you could also buy a whole stereo system or a nice LCD or Plasma big screen TV! I still love vinyl, but I won't be buying one of these players anytime soon! Truly, this is for the Bill Gates and Donald Trumps of the world.
- Mike
For that kind of money I will purchase a car or major appliance before investing in a laser turntable. I'll keep the needle to the record - please!
I read somewhere in an audiophile mag that the laser will wear out in time - something to think about! I know some CD players the laser would wear out and one can easily purchase a new CD player for a fraction of this! For the kind of money that this turntable costs you could also buy a whole stereo system or a nice LCD or Plasma big screen TV! I still love vinyl, but I won't be buying one of these players anytime soon! Truly, this is for the Bill Gates and Donald Trumps of the world.
- Mike
red_october
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Lasers wearing out???
Don't know about that, and some of the stuff the pass off to "Audiophiles" is absolute bunk. The laser in my Citizen CD player from 1986 still works fine, and the lasers in even the oldest of Laserdisc players are reported to still work. Perhaps the old Noble gas-charged lasers, as in the old LD players, could, in theory, lose their gas charge and in effect "wear out" but lasers don't wear out the same way a needle does.
Anyway if I had the money to blow I'd do it, but not until after a Cadillac or two, a Lincoln, and a few other things... Until then I'll stick with my Dual.
Don't know about that, and some of the stuff the pass off to "Audiophiles" is absolute bunk. The laser in my Citizen CD player from 1986 still works fine, and the lasers in even the oldest of Laserdisc players are reported to still work. Perhaps the old Noble gas-charged lasers, as in the old LD players, could, in theory, lose their gas charge and in effect "wear out" but lasers don't wear out the same way a needle does.
Anyway if I had the money to blow I'd do it, but not until after a Cadillac or two, a Lincoln, and a few other things... Until then I'll stick with my Dual.
63getelevision
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I have a late '80s TEAC that is the best one I own. It's on the "good" system. The GPX I got 6 years ago is garbage, a $20.00 White-Westinghouse pocket model is excellent. I'd rather have a Magnavox Micromatic or Zenith Micro-Touch 2 gram tonearm/VM.
Neat, never heard of one before. Pricey but it's a niche item but who knows if they caught on the price could drop substantially.
jasonl
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From what I read the catch is that the record has to be in pristine condition (no scratchy 45s). While I do have some mint records, I also has some not-so-mint records which might sound like hell on that $5,000 record player.
63getelevision
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I think that overpriced thing has a noise filter.
absolutely centered?
I think not - and I can prove that at least 8 out of 10 Lp's are manufactured with the spindle hole in the wrong place. GASP, but that's true.
This drawer type of record player will not allow you to acheive the absolute centering of the playback matrix inside that machine, and so to me would be useless.
Here's the best sounding turntable I have ever heard, and it's a one of a kind.
Everyone who's heard it readily admits that it sounds better than a CD without question. There's something very continuous about it's nature, and the sound waves wash over you differently than with digital.
Bob
I think not - and I can prove that at least 8 out of 10 Lp's are manufactured with the spindle hole in the wrong place. GASP, but that's true.
This drawer type of record player will not allow you to acheive the absolute centering of the playback matrix inside that machine, and so to me would be useless.
Here's the best sounding turntable I have ever heard, and it's a one of a kind.
Everyone who's heard it readily admits that it sounds better than a CD without question. There's something very continuous about it's nature, and the sound waves wash over you differently than with digital.
Bob
At one time radio stations were considering the Finial laser TT.But the problems of cueing,DJ abuse,ETC-by then CD machines came out.Wonder how well the Finial would hold up in a commercial radio station studio-3 shift a day operation-by different operators!And if it broke--how to fix it-assume send it out-which would mean the station would have to have a "spare" unit or two.At least with conventioanl TT's the engineer could replace the stylus,cartridge,arm,idler wheels, etc.Yes its true the output of the laser could decline with age-in Studer CD players used for commerical use-you could adjust the laser output.I have done this to get more life out of the laser pickup emittor.I used to have an older Pioneer "Laservision" machine-had the gas tube laser.The tube and supply died.the laser tubes are NLA.-At least not from Pioneer.I had to trash the machine.when it worked was a nice laserdisc player-the first one I bought-and bought it used.These will only play the analog soundtracks.They cannot be adapted to play digital soundtracks.
