Do you know if that is a thing? If so, do you have such a system? Are they reasonably priced or at outrageous audiophile prices?
I can ask my husband. He’s my music tech guru. He loves this kind of stuff, and puts it into action. When the workday is finished, the office is shut down, and the music starts up.
Hubby has every kind of gadget, tool, or thingamabob that you need to go from old school analog to digital music. His system is somewhat impressive, but probably not to those really in the business. I don’t know any average folks who have a setup the way we do though.
We have a turntable with a regular needle.
I couldn’t begin to tell you if something is an outrageous price or not in the music world. I would guess that you can go cheap, mid-range, or the skies the limit on affordability. If it fits into your budget, then go for it. Otherwise, we wait and save up if it’s that important to us.
Ok, he poked his head out of the office for a minute, so I asked him. He said those laser types were available in the 80’s for the extremely rich audiophile, and gave way to the CD era. He doesn’t think they survived the 90’s when vinyl became passé.
He said as long as people get a good needle and keep their vinyl clean, balance the tone arm, and so on, that there’s no need for the laser type anymore.