Also see VinyGo, a stereo vinyl recorder: https://hackaday.io/project/181401-vinygo-a-stereo-vinyl-rec...
PO-80 Record Factory
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
The margins on everything Teenage Engineering sells must be insane. Thinking in particular of their "computer-1" itx case which is a handful of pieces of unbent sheet metal and commodity parts, all for a mere *$195*.
The photo of the record factory on that landing page weighs in at 9.84MB -- the margin probably goes towards AWS bandwidth costs!
Which in turn, the margin AWS has on the bandwidth they sell must be insane! People seem to pay for "premium" bandwidth and not even batting an eye, people just swallow that stuff right up. Just like TE, it must make them a ton of money.
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#44Good for scratching, not so much for listening. "Real" vinyl is going to be pressed.
The etching comes first on the master platter using a lacquer on an aluminum disc. Then that master is electroplated. Then that copy is electroplated (several times depending on production) too to make the pressing disk. Basically a mold of a mold to get the grooves.
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#45As much as I think this is a bad way to record audio (or data), the idea of an audio recording media that can be played without electricity or electronics is appealing.
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#46Audio quality is about what you'd expect from a lathe cut record. That being said, since it is so hard to get vinyl pressed these days I could see a small run of cut singles being something artists could sell as a novelty for die hard fans. Neat!
The big problem here is that due to how soft the material has to be to cut, the lifespan on these is going to be somewhere in the realm of 1-10 plays.
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#47> experience the warmth of lo-fi audio.
I wonder if what some people think of warmth of lo-fi is connected to the effect of white/pink/brown noises discussed earlier today at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32998960
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#48Listening to a vinyl emits much more CO2 than listening to a digital recording. I wish people would keep that in mind.
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#49The most surprising thing about this is how low the price is for a teenage engineering product. I don't know anything about LP manufacturing but 150 for an LP reader / writer seems pretty cool.
I can never get a handle on their pricing. Its all either absurdly low (how do they make pocket operators so cheap?!?!?), or absurdly high (why is OP-1 so absurdly high?!). But at this price, hitting buy asap. It will be a neat effect for use in my studio.
Are the pocket operators really that cheap for the functionality they provide?
I was always of the opinion that Teenage Engineering was ridiculously overpriced, but so much of what they make is so cool that it makes me want to buy anyway. I'm not creative/musical/rich enough to justify buying an OP-1. If I ever was, though...
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#50Listening to a vinyl emits much more CO2 than listening to a digital recording. I wish people would keep that in mind.
Can you put that in some perspective with just an order of magnitude? Somehow it feels like next to auto or plane travel, or consuming beef - audio playback of any kind would seem like it isn't very significant.
Hmm actually I wonder now if this was a joke and I just got suckered.