ABC News on the ELP Laser Turntable

May 3, 2005 on 11:30 pm | In News |

Years ago I remember hearing about the ELP Laser turntable. At the time it was often relegated to commercial radio stations who wanted to preserve LP?s that were of significant historical relevance, or the playback of rare irreplaceable albums.

It would appear as if ELP has improved the sound quality of the stylus free turntable quite a bit, the article mentions play back of a 30 year old LP with no audible surface noise. This high tech version of the old stand-by turntable doesn?t come cheap however; the retail of the ELP laser turntable is 10k USD.

Even with the hefty price tag, a unit such as this does have real world applications. Everyone has those ?special? LP?s that for whatever reason, are just to precious to risk to a worn stylus. The article goes on to mention that with broader marketing and licensing the ELP or similar laser turntable could drop into the budgets of mere mortals.

B.Greenway