$12K Laser turntable vs $12k hi-fi turntable?

Even if the ELP and a conventional system gave equal performance, I would still go conventional.

Why? Because with an ELP I would end up using it like a CD player...skipping from track to track to only play the tracks I really like (like TV channel flipping).

One reason I got back into analog was to just listen to the record; a complete side at a time. I love picking an album, placing it on the TT, cueing it up and then just relaxing for 15 to 20 minutes w/o messing with a remote to jump between tracks.

Once I realized that I 'like the process' of playing records, it became obvious that an ELP would completely defeat the record playing experience for me.

Dear Bigbucks5: You only need to ask the ELP seller that your unit send it with out remote!

regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Try to hear it for yourself and then compare it with a conventional rig. $12K can buy a pretty good used analog front end. Add the cost of an excellent record cleaning machine for either. They are essential.

I have friend who has one. For the brief time I got to hear it, to me it had a digital sound opposed to an analog
sound IMO.
drjoe

Dear Drjoe: Could you explain about that " digital sound "?, because the unit works the audio/LP signal in the analog domain only.

Regards and enjoy the music,
raul.