Who needs a turntable today?

For a century and a half of the existence of the record, its technology has not undergone fundamental changes. On the surface of any plate there is a groove, during which the needle vibrates, and these oscillations are converted into an audible signal.

The method of storing audio information on the tracks of disks forming a spiral is also used on modern media, albeit in digital binary code.

For many decades, vinyl LPs (long-playing LPs) and EP (one music number on each side) were the main source of quality sound for music lovers all over the world. Both the technology of making discs, and reproducing equipment were constantly modernized. In the late eighties of the XX century they reached, it would seem, complete perfection, and immediately became outdated, giving way to optical digital media.

Any vinyl player consists of two main nodes: a rotating stand and a pickup. Both elements for the history of the existence of the record changed and improved.

In grammophones and gramophone mechanical motors were used, based on the spring of the spring, and the uniformity of rotation was provided by mechanical stabilizers.

Then came the time of electric motors, which had greater stability of angular velocity, but also needed additional measures to maintain a given speed. Apogee of achievements in solving the problem of uniformity of rotation was a turntable with a quartz stabilizer.

The pickup has undergone no less metamorphosis, having passed the path from the gramophone needle connected to the membrane, to a complex electromechanical system that requires correct adjustment, adjustment and compensation. A high-quality turntable for vinyl looks often very impressive, its tonearm, equipped with counterweights and anti-skate, gives the impression of a high-tech device, which it is.

Disadvantages of mechanical Of course, there is a record. The sound quality is significantly affected by any damage to the surface of the plate, causing clicks, hisses and other unpleasant effects during playback.

Unlike CDs, any EP or LP can not be played an infinite number of times, they wear out and are "filed", no matter how upscale the vinyl player is. Pollution also interferes with the enjoyment of music, and eliminating them is a whole science. Of great importance is even the proper storage of "layers". The resin from which they are made is amorphous, and may eventually bend.

Despite the complete and unconditional victory of digital disks, the analog recording did not go into oblivion. The sale of vinyl, of course, declined. At the same time, the plates became an elite product produced for gourmet music lovers, who believe that only the recordings provide natural, natural and "live" music reproduction.

The vinyl player has not gone into the category of unnecessary things also because the LP collections, which were collected at times, contain rare entries that are dear to their owners. It is possible that representatives of the next generation, analyzing parental things, will be interested in the music that their "ancestors" listened to.