Turntable design oddity

[Al ears]

Just when you thought turntable design couldn't go any further......

Waiting for Ideas Spins Up Its New PP-1 Turntable

Paris-based design studio Waiting For Ideas has taken a bold approach to turntable design with its first-ever vinyl player, the PP-1.

stereonet.com

 

[Jasonovich]

Just when you thought turntable design couldn't go any further......

Waiting for Ideas Spins Up Its New PP-1 Turntable

Paris-based design studio Waiting For Ideas has taken a bold approach to turntable design with its first-ever vinyl player, the PP-1.

stereonet.com

Funny you mention that, I had seen that on my phone app yesterday. It is weird but I kind of like the minimalistic approach to the design.

You just drop your record into the slotted circle and the stylus meets the groove from the inside of the record. Perhaps instead of a cartridge, they employed an optical led reader or laser beam, that I'm sure would have won over the diehard Bruce Willis's digital anoraks.
I suspect there's a market for that in Aussieland.
How reliable is it and does it have questionable sound quality? Still, you have to admire the simplicity, just drop it in and it plays like a CD.

 

[nopiano]

I would miss the inconvenience, and there’s no way I’d risk my money on a startup that’s bound to fail. I admire their enterprise though!

 

[Vincent Kars]

Reminds me of the Wheel 2 by Miniot.

 

[Jasonovich]

Reminds me of the Wheel 2 by Miniot.

Oh my gawd ha ha ha!

 

[Al ears]

Would be interesting to know how the pickup / cartridge works.
Even the DS Audio optical pickup needs groove contact to work.
For the price it would have to be good and foolproof as assume no means of upgrading.

 

[daytona600]

PP-1 lists at €5,800

 

[Vincent Kars]

Would be interesting to know how the pickup / cartridge works.

Specs say 0.4 x 0.7 mil elliptical diamond stylus. Don't think anything optical is involved.

 

[Jasonovich]

Specs say 0.4 x 0.7 mil elliptical diamond stylus. Don't think anything optical is involved.

The optical was just wishful thinking from me 🙂