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Re: Technics 1200s - No

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1994-06-15 03:32KEN STUART Re: Technics 1200s - No
└─ 1994-06-15 15:31LARRY S LEITNER Re: Technics 1200s - No
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1994-06-15 03:32KEN STUART>In 20 years of R+D time, I'd >expect to see rack-mounted cartridge-loading laser stylus t
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Wed, 15 Jun 1994 03:32:00 GMT
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Re: Technics 1200s - No
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quoted 5 lines In 20 years of R+D time, I'd>In 20 years of R+D time, I'd >expect to see rack-mounted cartridge-loading laser stylus turntables >with digital tracking (jog and shuttle wheels) that never wear your >records out because the needle doesn't physically touch the groove... >Ahh... I can still dream about my own laser turntable...
There was such a thing. From a small company (not Technics). It turned out they couldn't manage to figure out any way to cut the price enough to make it practical to market. I heard they were going to make a few of them for the well-heeled, but I don't know if they even did that. respect, Ken Ken.Stuart@tigerteam.org --- * UniQWK v2.0 * The Windows Mail Reader / Tiger Team Buddhist Information Network / / Modem (510) 268-0102 info@tigerteam.org /
1994-06-15 15:31LARRY S LEITNEROn Wed, 15 Jun 1994, KEN STUART wrote: > > >In 20 years of R+D time, I'd > >expect to see
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Wed, 15 Jun 1994 11:31:18 -0400 (EDT)
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On Wed, 15 Jun 1994, KEN STUART wrote:
quoted 11 lines In 20 years of R+D time, I'd> > >In 20 years of R+D time, I'd > >expect to see rack-mounted cartridge-loading laser stylus turntables > >with digital tracking (jog and shuttle wheels) that never wear your > >records out because the needle doesn't physically touch the groove... > >Ahh... I can still dream about my own laser turntable... > > There was such a thing. From a small company (not Technics). > > It turned out they couldn't manage to figure out any way to cut the > price enough to make it practical to market.
I did one of my engineering reports on this. Also the vinyl was not reflective enough. This made the reading harder as well as the tracking. (probably would freaky out, off of those bad +8 pressings) There was also a DIGITAL record, with on/off bits cut into the vinyl (read with a regular stylus). I believe that problem with this was that they couldn't fit enough bits on the record and it could only record about 10-15 minutes. Then someone combined the two ideas, scraped the vinyl, and made the CD player. Later, Larry