On 03/07/14 16:52, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 07/03/2014 11:43 AM, James Knott wrote:
On 07/03/2014 11:25 AM, michael norman wrote:
Given that the needle is following the track, there will be some amount of friction, which means wear. No exceptions. While a good turntable will minimize that wear, it won't eliminate it. The only turntable that didn't have wear was one that used a laser to follow the tracks.
Rubbish. You know nothing about turntables and vinyl replay. Please explain how a needle can follow a track without any friction whatsoever.
Indeed. Michael seems to have found a way around the basics of physics.
Friction means wear.
My knowledge of the laws of physics is about nil. I didn't say there was no friction between a stylus and a record groove. What I'm thinking about is how detrimental that is to the record and how long it might be before it becomes audible. I do not accept that it's a big problem for vinyl replay. I've played lots of records for many years and never worn any of them audibly. Microscopes would no doubt show the degradation between plays of any given record, but so what ? Trying to reproduce music by means of audio equipment is pretty much looking for some sort of Holy Grail and by definition unachievable. So you use the tools available, in my case I get the best results from vinyl. I am not anti digital per se I just don't find it as musically satisfying as vinyl. Mikke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org