Talking of odd designs (wooden arms, B&O lateral tracking) does anyone recall a TT that used a pin point laser device to scan the track and the reflected light was received and converted to electrical signal (of course)? A sort of analogue bar code reader. It was marketed in the early 80s and as far as I recall cost about 1000 quid here.
Big selling point was no wear on the vinyl. Maybe a great idea a bit to early and overtaken by the digital revolution?
Best
Nic
At 03:38 02/09/2011, john barrick wrote:
I remember a turntable with a wooden tone arm, didn't know the name. My favorites just for looking cool were the flying saucer looking Dennons in the mid/late '70s and the Micro Seiki that had mounts for three different tone arms. I was on a budget and stuck with Technics DD tables.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:
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- Does anyone remember the Weathers turntable? I had one and it came with a wooden tonearm carved for a specific cartridge.
- It was 33 only and had two synchronous motors and a mercury switch. It would come up to stable speed in about a quarter turn.
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john barrick
∗Leo got it right the first time∗
∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗