Bruce (et al),
I'm glad I didn't imagine it back then when I have to admit some dayswere blurry for the obvious reasons!
It seems that the technology is still alive and well (and expensive):
http://www.audioturntable.com/about/index.htmlBut despite the dates in that page this would seem to chime more with mymemories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable I think the ad Isaw may have been before it was actually made and the suggested price anestimation of what it would be, but that error could easily be my memory.
Oh well another audio curiosity that went nowhere.
At 01:29 03/09/2011, Bruce Daily wrote:
Nic-
I remember something about it, but don't remember themanufacturer. Did BIC have something to do with it? The unitcould aim the beams at unused groove walls for better reproduction. It seemed to be the big talk in Audio magazine (my old favorite) for ayear, then it wasn't mentioned again. I believe it was mentionedthat marketing aimed the unit at music archivists (museums, libraries,etc.).
-Bruce D.
--- On Fri, 9/2/11, Nic Lewis <nic@birotron.org>wrote:
- From: Nic Lewis <nic@birotron.org>
- Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Marantz 2230 restoration
- To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
- Date: Friday, September 2, 2011, 2:41 PM
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- Talking of odd designs (wooden arms, B&O lateral tracking) doesanyone recall a TT that used a pin point laser device to scan the trackand the reflected light was received and converted to electrical signal(of course)? A sort of analogue bar code reader. It was marketed in theearly 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 bitto early and overtaken by the digital revolution?
- Best
- Nic
- At 03:38 02/09/2011, john barrick wrote:
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- I remember a turntable with a wooden tone arm, didn't know thename. My favorites just for looking cool were the flying saucerlooking Dennons in the mid/late '70s and the Micro Seiki that had mountsfor three different tone arms. I was on a budget and stuck withTechnics 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 itcame with a wooden tonearm carved for a specific cartridge.
- It was 33 only and had two synchronous motors and a mercuryswitch. It would come up to stable speed in about a quarterturn.
- --
- john barrick
- ∗Leo got it right the first time∗
- ∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗