The player s would be pure analog as were the mastering machines that cut them. The smaller disk would make it easier to control resonance s, and laser assemblies could be made similar to the way they are now, eliminating the cartridge and tone arm from the equation as well. Somewhere along the way, the separation between high fidelity playback and mass consumer playback got partially erased. The driving force behind the science getting 10,000 times more information on the same disk. It s too bad that it couldn t have been getting more resolution of information.
Quality seems to be something that ultimately originates with a demand.
A horse shoe must last a certain amount of time because the farmer s demanded it. Steve Hope you enjoyed it.