[wink]

.... and, here I thought a mobilegeddon was a modern western technological skynet version of Ragnarok.

 

[valiant66]

1) I don't have a passive in-line mechanical balance control; whether it be a knob or a slider.  No one makes that as far as I can tell. The best I can find are noisy mixers, but I need to set the volume of each left-right channel, which is different from a balance or panning.

Buy two Sys units. Put one on each channel. Done for under a c-note. You're welcome.

Cheers!

 

[atubbs]

Alright, I think I've got this. One of the new products will be ... a device that combines two digital signals into one.

 

[kenman345]

  Alright, I think I've got this. One of the new products will be ... a device that combines two digital signals into one.

I much prefer thinking a turntable that uses a laser to scan grooves and output digital signals to a DAC instead of using a needle. Just me?

 

[JEspina456]

  I much prefer thinking a turntable that uses a laser to scan grooves and output digital signals to a DAC instead of using a needle. Just me?

I think this product exists already:
 
http://www.decodedmagazine.com/the-eip-laser-turntable-plays-records-without-touching-them/

 

[kenman345]

  I think this product exists already:
 
http://www.decodedmagazine.com/the-eip-laser-turntable-plays-records-without-touching-them/

Darn, so its not a less expensive version of that. I guess I gotta start saving up, that's a hefty price tag

 

[JEspina456]

  Darn, so its not a less expensive version of that. I guess I gotta start saving up, that's a hefty price tag

Yes, I think I'd rather get something else.  lol!  You could get a beautiful $3000 needle based turntable and still have $12,000 left over!

 

[StanD]

  Yes, I think I'd rather get something else.  lol!  You could get a beautiful $3000 needle based turntable and still have $12,000 left over!

For that much you could get a stylus made from Kryptonite.

 

[JEspina456]

  For that much you could get a stylus made from Kryptonite.

Downfall:  Inability to obtain protection from Superman, but probably great soundstage.  lol

 

[StanD]

  Downfall:  Inability to obtain protection from Superman, but probably great soundstage.  lol

And the stylus glows green in the dark, how cool is that?

 

[zabzaf]

Downfall:  Inability to obtain protection from Superman, but probably great soundstage.  lol

Does 1970's Margot Kidder come with the Kryptonite needle?

 

[Serenitty]

  I much prefer thinking a turntable that uses a laser to scan grooves and output digital signals to a DAC instead of using a needle. Just me?

 
Why a DAC?  Why not read the grooves analog and just stay that way?  Unlike a CD the information of the record is variable intensity, not digital.

 

[kenman345]

   
Why a DAC?  Why not read the grooves analog and just stay that way?  Unlike a CD the information of the record is variable intensity, not digital.

But a laser reading the record would be outputting digital signal as it needs to interpret grooves

 

[StanD]

Does 1970's Margot Kidder come with the Kryptonite needle?

Don't know, but according to The Man of Steal, she has pink knickers.

 

[Serenitty]

  But a laser reading the record would be outputting digital signal as it needs to interpret grooves

But there are no 1 and 0's or on's and off's on a record.  The signal from the laser would be variable (voltage preferably, so you can output to rca's for an amp or preamp)
 
Keep in mind that laserdiscs, those old big ones, were analog.  They weren't digital at all.  To get a digital signal from a laser reading an analog source, you'd need an ADC.  So why go ADC and then put it into a DAC.