| The modern take on listening to old classic vinyl | | | | turntables have been sold, in the ten years they have |
| records are the modern laser turntables. The working | | | | been in the market. The maximum of these sales has |
| principle is almost the same, except the needle is | | | | been in Japan, because they are a nation that loves |
| replaced by a laser beam to read the music | | | | buying gadgets to entertain themselves. |
| embedded into the grooves of the vinyl surface of the | | | | The laser turntables also hold out a ray of hope for |
| record. Records can thus be played innumerable | | | | the classic record lovers, for through it they can play |
| number of times and the reading surface remains | | | | the original format of the music. This is because of the |
| intact. Because of this method, the damage to the | | | | laser technology, where the beam picks up the music |
| record is minimal. | | | | from a surface level that is above the scratches, thus |
| Robert S. Reis first developed the laser turntable in | | | | making even the worn and soiled records sound brand |
| 1983. But it was only in 1986 that the prototype was | | | | new. But the setback of this is that laser will pick up |
| created. The concept of a turntable that never wore | | | | the dust particles and this will create some discordant |
| out seemed very attractive; the laser turntable was | | | | notes in the playback of sound. |
| exclusively priced, making it very difficult for all to use | | | | The laser light beam has a lifespan of around ten |
| except for the serious listener, and the entry of the | | | | thousand hours which is significantly higher than the |
| very competitively priced compact disc almost did the | | | | five hundred hour-life of the diamond stylus and the |
| laser discs in. | | | | fifty hour life span of the sapphire stylus traditionally |
| Laser turntables can play any type of record of any | | | | used in the turntables. |
| size at any speed. More than twelve thousand | | | | |