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In Reply to: RE: another nail into hi fidelity posted by magiccarpetride on May 01, 2017 at 15:00:37
Reconditioned pressing equipment is sold today and MOST vinyl is pressed on these dinosaurs, reconditioned or not.
New machines with computer integration, lower reject rates and a bunch of other features are now on the market.
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New machines with computer integration, lower reject rates and a bunch of other features are now on the market.
What I find rather surprising is that no one seems to be working on utilizing 3D printing technology for producing vinyl records.
Does the Resoution yet exist?
A 15khz tracing on an inner groove will be VERY difficult.
If records, than why NOT a CD?
Too much is never enough
If records, than why NOT a CD?
What, 3D print a CD? Why would anyone do that when you can easily rip an original CD, buy a cheap blank CD, and then burn it. The CD copy will be virtually indistinguishable from the original CD. No need to mess around with 3D printing with digital content.
You miss my point.
I'm asking the question about printer resolution. It's not limitless.
Too low a resolution will produce a poor copy at best and unlistenable at worst.
Does a 3D printer have the resolution to print a CD? or maybe a BlueRay?
And not to forget these printers are DIGITAL. So? You are making a digital copy of an analogue medium. To be played back on an analogue machine!
If someone demonstrates 3D printed vinyl? That'd be cool.
Too much is never enough
You miss my point.
I'm asking the question about printer resolution. It's not limitless.
Too low a resolution will produce a poor copy at best and unlistenable at worst.
Does a 3D printer have the resolution to print a CD? or maybe a BlueRay?
And not to forget these printers are DIGITAL. So? You are making a digital copy of an analogue medium. To be played back on an analogue machine!
If someone demonstrates 3D printed vinyl? That'd be cool.
I was referring to nano printing. This technology is manipulating objects and structures at the molecular level, so its resolution is pretty close to the resolution at which mother nature works.
Those printers are not digital. There is no such thing as a digital printer. It's the same as saying that a speaker is digital. All speakers are analog -- you cannot push air with bits and bytes.
No one to my knowledge is working on 3D printed vinyl. Eventually someone will tackle it...
I just looked up some of this stuff.
Resolution of line / space down to 1/2 micron line with 2 micron space. That's pretty good. Based on the SEM photos I link, that should be within the capabilities of a current printer.
nano 'Sculputures' have good detail but I didn't see much in the line of 'size' or 'scale'. Though one image did have a 20 micron measuring bar superimposed.
The files from which this stuff is made are of necessity digital.
I don't know what it takes to 'do' a record groove, but it ain't far off. Next questions might involve materials? What is or isn't compatible with a current playback system? Too hard might damage the needle? Too soft and might only survive a single play.
When is your first release?
Too much is never enough
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