Can I buy a turntable LP record player that uses a laser instead of a needle and manual arm?
Wired magazine had a short article on this device, so it does exist. Five years ago, it was not for sale. They wanted ,000. Do any stores or catalogues sell it now?
It would still be a lot of money. With a CD the music is stored in the format of burnt section, not burnt section, burnt section etc. The laser picks this up and will encode it as a series of 0's and 1's. This then decoded and reprodcued as audio (Music). A LP player uses a stylus instead of a laser which tracks a modulated groove in the record and reproduces. You can see that they are similar however different. I have never heard of using a laser on an LP however if the conditions inside were correct and there was still a modulated groove, I don't see why not. It would have to be this reason that it would be expensive.
I gas bagged on a bit, but I hope this helped.