Re: Vinyl introduces a lot of failings
"I've often wondered just how much the "warmth" of vinyl would change if you used a laser "needle" to play? "
A lot of the "warmth of vinyl" is acoustic feedback coupled into the tonearm. If you play a record with the lid up and the volume set high enough it can act as a sounding board and start howl-around.
There are lasertracking turntables but the prices are extremely high and they're not particularly reliable. Some wags have scanned LPs at 1000dpi and claimed to be able to decode stereo audio from the resulting image.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
