I was wondering the same thing! For the dust problem, I’d like to imagine that the machines could be modified with an air pump to blow away anything ahead of th

I was wondering the same thing! For the dust problem, I’d like to imagine that the machines could be modified with an air pump to blow away anything ahead of the pickup. One probably wouldn’t want that extra noise in a listening room, but for archiving, it wouldn’t matter. I guess when you can get a ‘good enough’ traditional turntable for a couple hundred bucks but an ELP laser turntable costs over $14,000[0] the economics just don’t make a lot of sense. I wonder how much the IRENE systems cost. [0] https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=elp+turntable&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&rt=nc&LH_Complete=1 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=elp+turntable...