

by Danny Kaey, Jan 17 '08


So when is a high-cost turntable maker going to make one with the convenience of the cheapest CD player?
With technology available today, it should be easy to use a remote-controlled mechanism to place the needle in a chosen track - without compromising any sonics...
Hello - anyone interested?
Posted by: jr at January 18, 2008 9:48 AM
I've been wishing for a remote control tone arm since I got into this hifi. Changing tracks would be a hat trick, but just having increments of +/- 60 seconds, 5 minutes, etc. would be life-changing.
That, and someone should create a high-end jukebox. Forget the colored lights, just a mechanical loading arm and capacity for a couple dozen LPs. It's a sure-fire hit.
I know the purists out there are holding their heads in pain but, seriously, a remote controlled turntable would be just about the coolest gadget in the world.
Posted by: Josh Ray at January 18, 2008 10:25 AM
guys you are forgetting the fully remote controlled laser turntable! It has all that and more!
Posted by: Danny Kaey at January 18, 2008 11:13 AM
See also B&O 4000 series linear trackers, REVOX and Harman Kardon too had remote control record players.
Admittedly not recent...
Posted by: David Bettridge at January 19, 2008 2:58 PM
Or for my fellow dinosaurs, there was the ADC Accutrac, which allowed random track access via remote ... about 35 years ago. Unfortunately, of every dozen shipped, 13 were defective -- but ya gotta admire the initiative.
Posted by: Rods84 at January 20, 2008 8:56 PM
To clarify my point...
The cheapest CD player has more than "random track access". E.g. It will go directly to track #3, if so commanded, from a wireless remote control.
Only the "laser turntable" will do this, currently, but it suffers from high sensitivity to dust & dirt in the grooves - not to mention an unacceptable high price.
Come on TT builders, just make one that can place the needle directly in track #3, via a wireless remote control - without sonic compromise...
JR
(I have a ReVox TT. It's still a winner...)
Posted by: jr at January 22, 2008 5:08 AM