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1neophyte
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There have been many vinyl manufacturers doing abundant business for many years. They won’t have any trouble finding one.
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tomarin
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I thought I had read that there were only a few factories left in the U.S. at least that manufactured vinyl records, meaning that with the resurgence of interest the last few years they were scrambling to keep up with demand, trying to buy replacement equipment from overseas, etc.
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edwest2
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What about turntables? The Japanese had developed a version that used a low power laser to read the lines to avoid damage to old records.
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TheCrabNebula
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Am I the only one to say that I’m so excited for this? I love vinyl. Too bad our record player isn’t working right now though. 
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louisak
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This may be what you are thinking of:
elpj.com/
“Unlike a traditional stylus, the Laser Turntable achieves the highest fidelity from vinyl records with no wear on your precious collection. The purest music, just like the Master Tapes you’ve never heard.”
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randomuser
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Misleading and inaccurate headline: Sony has pressed vinyl records for RSD (Record Store Day), including exclusives, for years now. This past year’s RSD, line wrapped around the record store by 7:00am three hours before 10:00am open, nearly all vinyl - including Sony titles.
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DeniseNY
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Same here
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StephieNorthCo
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Yay. This gal likes the sound of vinyl.
I have a few albums on different media. In terms of satisfaction/enjoyment, I generally find…
Reel to reel tape
Vinyl mono
Vinyl stereo
Sacd
CD
Cassette
I love vinyl, particularly played thru vacuum tube amplification.
Hopefully Sony will keep the quality of Columbia’s vinyl, which was my favorite vinyl.
Blessings,
Stephie
I have a few albums on different media. In terms of satisfaction/enjoyment, I generally find…
Reel to reel tape
Vinyl mono
Vinyl stereo
Sacd
CD
Cassette
I love vinyl, particularly played thru vacuum tube amplification.
Hopefully Sony will keep the quality of Columbia’s vinyl, which was my favorite vinyl.
Blessings,
Stephie
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Slartibartfast
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That’s isn’t good. If it is vinyl, the best way to reproduce the sound will be a needle and analogue electronics. A laser suggests the same flaws found in cd technology and digital to analogue converters.
I agree vinyl and analogue is a superior reproduction but speaking as a child of the sixties whose beloved record collection was destroyed rapidly by laziness in the care and attention department, downloads rule
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StephieNorthCo
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Did a little investigating. It seems the current generation of Laser turntables are indeed analog, so wouldn’t suffer from quantization effects. They have 2 flaws… they use longer wavelength red Lasers (the claim is that blue Laser leads to a too large increase in noise), and the record has to be scrupulously clean, as some minor dust gets pushed aside (read… ignored by) needls, but shows up in the Laser version. Otherwise accuracy etc seem to be quite good.
The couple people I know who have them like them, but it’s not yet clear there is a distinct advantage.
The pricetag, to me, is outrageous. I’ll be satisfied with my Micro Seiki and Denon cartrige.
(Well, actually I preferred the Grace F9F cartridge, but the needle is unobtanium).
Of course, with the Vinyl, you have to go all the way with Vacuum tube amps.
Still and all, I’m glad to see the resurgence of the LP. So much more listenable.
Blessings,
Stephie
The couple people I know who have them like them, but it’s not yet clear there is a distinct advantage.
The pricetag, to me, is outrageous. I’ll be satisfied with my Micro Seiki and Denon cartrige.
(Well, actually I preferred the Grace F9F cartridge, but the needle is unobtanium).
Of course, with the Vinyl, you have to go all the way with Vacuum tube amps.
Still and all, I’m glad to see the resurgence of the LP. So much more listenable.
Blessings,
Stephie
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mikekle
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It may come as a surprise but I actually learned yesterday cassette tapes are becoming popular again with younger people! and even more surprising cassette tape players can still be bought in numerous places…who would have known?!
I grew up with tapes and from what I remember the only time I got good crisp sound was when the tape was brand new.
Personally I love vinyl, I still have some old Led Zepplin records, there is just no comparison with other media imo.
I grew up with tapes and from what I remember the only time I got good crisp sound was when the tape was brand new.
Personally I love vinyl, I still have some old Led Zepplin records, there is just no comparison with other media imo.
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Slartibartfast
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louisak
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Yes… the sound quality of cassette tapes degrades easily. And with inferior sound equipment there is the danger that the tape will get snarled in the gears. I’ve seen it happen several times.
I understand why audiophiles prefer LP over CD. But cassette? Color me confused.
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tomarin
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They were very portable. Not relevant nowadays however.cassettes? Noooo!!!
I mean why would you?
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M-Dent
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Another large attraction of the cassette tape was the ease of recording music. A listener could create a tape of their favorite songs in any order they wished, a custom “mix.” The blank media to record on was relatively inexpensive. There were some more expensive metal and chrome cassette tapes but the avg. consumer was not overly interested in the noise reduction technology of the time. It was a format that made sense for the time.
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tomarin
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I really need to dust off my record player.
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mikekle
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I think younger people like them only because the 80s are now ‘cool’ again, its not really about sound quality or convenience, more about style. Thats the only thing I can assume though, I was surprised to hear some teenagers say they like cassettes after all!!
Although I will say I remember when I bought a new truck back in 2004, it still came with a standard cassette player, so that is strange.
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