Why not use a non-contact stylus on a turntable?


I read comments about static-free playback of LPs with some amount of satisfaction.

When CDs were introduced, I quit worrying about the mechanics and started enjoying the music. More so with computer audio.

However, lots of folks like vinyl .... apparently. ;<)

Why not take all the worry, wringing of hands, and frustration out of the equation by insisting on touch-free stylus technology?

What is the technology? Hell if I know! But if nerds can sample the bits on a CD, they can sure as heck track the grooves on an LP!

Not only track the grooves, but filter out the grunge!

Play your oldest vinyl in complete background silence!

Put technology to work on vinyl! You’ll breathe easier for it.

Kind regards,

Greg
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Thanks the nano bots was a great idea.

The first generation we built were designed to build the second generation. The second generation built the first generation of road work nanobots. The road workers run around gathering up any loose material they can find, dust, hair, cigarette butts, putting it all together in plastic bags along the side of the groove. This eliminated a lot of noise but we still had a problem with wear.

So we built a third generation. The surveying nanobots find the worn sections by detecting deviations in groove wall slope. So far so good. But then we had to figure out how to patch the potholes. We couldn't figure out a way of doing this without AI. So we used the cloud to connect all the nanobots into a super nanobot AI.

Unfortunately the solution the AI came up with involved fourteen nanobots standing around while one filled the pothole. The more things change....


It's not April 1st is it by any chance?
It would mean my time travel experiment was a success if so.......
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