Scanning Microscope Record Player

[Kris]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11851842

ELP Laser Turntable Mk2? But this one is for 78s and broken records . . .

Not sure if I like the results but at least the hiss can be taken out with a notch filter if needed.

[DSJR]

The Finial (IIRC) was a laser LP reader way back and it suffered hugely by not distinguishing dust etc for the music signal in the grooves. If the record was clinically clean, it sounded fantastic I recall from reports at the time...

[The Grand Wazoo]

The Finial & the ELP are the same machine, I think.....

........from the AoS library - http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3328


The ELP laser turntable
No stylus or physical contact with the playing surface necessary!

http://elpj.com/

Basic technical description:
http://www.elpj.com/about/index.html

Stereo Times review:
http://www.stereotimes.com/turn030300.shtml

http://hometheaterreview.com/the-fin...able-reviewed/
Ken Kessler review of the Finial laser TT (the predecessor of the ELP) from Home Theater Review.com: