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Have you seen this? would be nice to have there optical signal directly connected to the DAC... I do believe that the technology of optical readers is there to 'scan' the 'grooves', but it takes some good software to make music out of this.

https://comingsoon-tech.com/love-the-fir...turntable/
(29-Jan-2017, 11:17)Xander Wrote: [ -> ]Have you seen this? would be nice to have there optical signal directly connected to the DAC... I do believe that the technology of optical readers is there to 'scan' the 'grooves', but it takes some good software to make music out of this.

https://comingsoon-tech.com/love-the-fir...turntable/

Fascinating. Thanks for the link. However, the LOVE uses a 'normal stylus' and the subsequent conversion to digital is presumably similar to many of the recent TTs. But what a way to greatly simplify LP playback. No worry regarding normal TT setup such as tracking weight, VTA, cartridge alignment, plinth suspension, belt tension etc. etc.
The groove on an LP is an analogue signal which is considerably equalised, so an analogue device is still needed to read the music. Its output can then be digitised and the correction for the equalisation (RIAA since the 1950s) can be calculated in the digital domain.
This device may be simple but it has no way of isolating the cartridge from picking up unwanted vibration and it will be hard with a design such as this to get speed stability so it probably won't sound that good. All of the defects inherent in the way LPs are made and played are euphonic except speed stability.