In article , Laurence Payne
lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote:
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:47:03 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

The preamp and converter would be normally built into the turntable
itself, but how about if some enterprising manufacturer built a
cartridge with a direct digital output? Firewire, USB or S/PDIF?
Built in RIAA equilisation?

But why add the weight of the electronics where you don't want it?

It might be a single-chip solution. No need to mount it in a heavy DIL
package.

Would still add mass. You also need to worry about any digital portions of
such a device causing interference to the input signal generator - i.e. the
coil of the actual cartridge. Having no packaging isn't likely to help
here. Sounds like a pointless nightmare to me. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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