Editing Laser turntable (section)

{{Short description|Turntable that plays records using laser beams}}
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[[File:Elp-rme-02.jpg|thumb|ELP Laser turntable (LT-2XA) and RME Fireface 800]]
A '''laser turntable''' (or '''optical turntable''') is a [[phonograph]] that plays standard [[LP record]]s (and other [[gramophone record]]s) using [[laser]] beams as the [[Phonograph cartridge|pickup]] instead of using a [[Phonograph#Stylus|stylus]] as in conventional [[phonograph#Turntable technology|turntables]].  Although these turntables use [[Magnetic cartridge|laser pickups]], the same as [[CD player|Compact Disc players]], the signal remains in the [[Analog signal|analog realm]] and is never [[Digitization|digitized]].