"RobH" wrote in message ...
Given that technology has move on a bit since the record player (and the
CD player!) were developed, would it be possible to product a domestic
_analogue_ audio system which is better quality than those which
currently exist?

This imagined system, at the very least, must have:-

* flat response (none of this RIAA curve stuff)
* better dynamic range (at least 20 dB higher than vinyl)
* better S/N ratio
* less distotion i.e. no pitch variations, rumble, surface noise etc

(...)

How do you do it?

Well, I propose a system consisting of small "pits" pressed into some
appropriate substrate. These pits could be read by a "laser". The
"digital" output might be converted to analogue using a
"digital-to-analogue analytical engine", or perhaps even one of those
new-fangled "solid-state' devices. Such a system should meet all the
above requirements.

I also believe that the medium could be made somewhat smaller than a
record.

I admit that this is a far-fetched idea though; clearly the stuff of
science friction. Much more likely is vine-L, where the audio signal
is represented by the size and distribution of grapes on vitis
vinifera.

Steve.