Editing Laser turntable (section)

== Performance==
In a 2008 review of the model ELP LT-1LRC, Jonathan Valin in ''[[The Absolute Sound]]'' claimed: {{quote|"If I were to describe its presentation in a few words, they would be 'pleasant but dull'."<ref name="valin2008">{{cite web |url=https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/elp-lt-1lrc-laser-turntable/ |title=ELP LT-1LRC Laser Turntable |first=Jonathan |last=Valin |date=2008-11-24 |accessdate=2024-03-27 }}</ref>}}

Valin commended the tonal accuracy of playback, but criticized the lack of [[dynamic range]] and bass response (limitations of the vinyl records themselves). He emphasized that records must be wet-cleaned immediately before playback because: {{quote|"Unlike a relatively massive diamond stylus, which plows through a record’s grooves like the prow of a ship, the ELP’s tiny laser-beam styli have next to no [[mass]] <!--[sic]:spelling actually correct--> and cannot move [[Dust|dust particles]] out of their way. Any speck of dirt, however minute, is read by the lasers along with the music."<ref name="valin2008" />}}

In 2008, Michael Fremer noted in ''[[Stereophile]]'': {{quote|"...consider the LT's many pluses: no rumble or background noise of any kind; no cartridge-induced resonances or frequency-response anomalies; no compromise in channel separation (the ELP guarantees channel separation in excess of what the best cutter heads offer); zero tracking or tracing error; no inner-groove distortion; no skating; no adjustments of VTA or azimuth to worry about; no tangency error (like the cutter head itself, the laser pickup is a linear tracker); no record wear; a claimed frequency response of 10Hz–25kHz; and, because the laser beam is less than a quarter the contact area of the smallest elliptical stylus, it can negotiate sections of the engraved waveform that even the smallest stylus misses."<ref name="fremer2018"/>}}

Fremer also noted, however, that all of this comes at a cost: {{quote|"[T]he LT-2XRC's laser pickup was unable to distinguish groove modulations from dirt. Records that sound dead quiet on a conventional turntable could sound as if I was munching potato chips while listening to the ELP. Bummer. There's a solution, of course: a record-cleaning machine. This can't be considered an 'accessory' with the LT: it's mandatory. Even new records fresh out of the jacket can sound crunchy."<ref name="fremer2018">{{Cite web |url=https://www.analogplanet.com/content/analog-corner-101 |title=Analog Corner #101 &#124; Analog Planet |date=2018-11-12 |access-date=2020-10-10 |archive-date=2020-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804142054/https://www.analogplanet.com/content/analog-corner-101 |url-status=live |first=Michael |last=Fremer }}</ref>}}

Fremer concludes: {{quote|"Ironically, if you listen to the music itself, you won't know you're listening to an LP. It's almost like a reel-to-reel tape. Unfortunately, when there is noise, it will always make you aware that you're listening to an LP. That's the confounding thing about this fabulous contraption."<ref name="fremer2018"/>}}