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In Reply to: RE: Simple. Shut down the player to erase memory first posted by MannyE on May 28, 2015 at 03:32:54:
I quite understand the curiosity to own one...as it is how I came to own one!!I remember reading the review of the Finial Laser Turntable back in HFNRR in 1989 (IIRC!) and I thought "It will be mine....Oh yes! It will be mine!"
However, I would caution anyone wanting to own it in the belief that it will sound "better" than a mechanical deck. It sounds "different" since you don't get the effect of mechanical resonances etc or tracking error. However, you do have issues in tracking very quiet cuts - sometimes the player refuses to play them or skips. You can't play coloured vinyl or picture discs.
The requirement for "pristine" discs is actually to minimise background ticks. It is actually surprisingly robust and I do actually use it to play records I have bought second hand before cleaning to listen to the music and don't get problems with skipping.
However, in general it is an extremely valuable tool for the collector for all the other reasons you mentioned and I wouldn't be without mine. I even have a disc that was split in two (literally) during postage and I carefully bonded the pieces together and the ELP is the only player I would dare to use to play it!
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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- RE: Simple. Shut down the player to erase memory first - flood2 04:01:29 05/28/15 (12)
- RE: Simple. Shut down the player to erase memory first - jeromelang 04:44:50 05/28/15 (11)
- RE: Simple. Shut down the player to erase memory first - flood2 01:15:10 05/29/15 (4)
- Use your ears and listen, Anthony - jeromelang 02:15:07 05/29/15 (3)
- RE: Use your ears and listen, Anthony - flood2 03:16:48 05/29/15 (2)
- I've always wondered if... - genungo 08:37:12 05/29/15 (1)
- No if - jeromelang 22:58:34 05/29/15 (0)
- RE: Simple. Shut down the player to erase memory first - MannyE 08:07:06 05/28/15 (5)
- RE: Simple. Shut down the player to erase memory first - flood2 19:51:31 05/28/15 (0)
- Yes, I do think that speakers/amps pairing is independent - jeromelang 08:56:31 05/28/15 (3)
- NIce Speakers! - MannyE 20:14:35 05/28/15 (2)
- Actually these speakers were voiced with pass labs - jeromelang 04:06:28 05/29/15 (1)
- RE: Actually these speakers were voiced with pass labs - Jabs1542 07:52:56 05/29/15 (0)