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I really don't know why these were/are a thing. The laser is a lot more sensitive than a stylus so it ends up picking up a ton of extra surface noise. You could
by 4oo4 4y ago
I really don't know why these were/are a thing. The laser is a lot more sensitive than a stylus so it ends up picking up a ton of extra surface noise. You could do some noise cancelling I suppose but that defeats the purpose of analog.
I'd be really curious to talk to someone that actually owns one to see what they think.
- pestatije 4y agoI think their main selling point is they don't touch the disc, and so there is no wear
- 4oo4 4y agoYeah I get that, I also am pretty OCD about taking good care of my LP collection. It just seems silly to prioritize that over accurate reading of the groove. Though it does make a lot of sense for archiving where media is already really damaged and you'd probably be doing digital cleanup on it anyway. Also once you go beyond a certain price range in audiophilia, it's diminishing returns and a slow descent into madness. I want to say I read something once about some kind of filament stylus, that still made contact with the grooves but with less friction and force than a normal stylus. I can't seem to find it now but that seems like a better solution than this.