Dan

From the research I did a few years ago, laser turntables seemed neat but ultimately a gimmick that wasn’t worth the extra effort required to get the best results; in particular, lasers need records to be in pristine condition, otherwise the dirt gets interpreted as sound, and unlike a standard stylus, a laser can’t push dirt particles out of the way, so when a record already sounds bad, it sounds even worse with a laser.

X

That makes a lot of sense. Maybe in the future AI will be able to distinguish dirt from sound. I’m sure it could do it for short disruptions. I’ve seen expensive outboard real-time click/pop suppressors that can do it.