I was thinking that this would've been really cool if they'd scanned the grooves with a laser to get the exact sound without the analog needle noise/imprecision

I was thinking that this would've been really cool if they'd scanned the grooves with a laser to get the exact sound without the analog needle noise/imprecision. But I guess it's basically what I thought -- output from a record player in digital form. Which, I mean, is fine.