Is this a disgrace to the Industry ?

*L*  As a tangential tracking 'fan' for decades, I'll at least applaud the approach.  Watching work is amusing and I remember the VW van version.  Now that was a piece of trash...

Now, Kappa, please.  Sit down, take a deep breath, just chill for a moment.

This won't be the last 'audio heresy' we'll be subjected to.  At least it's a product that exposes the new generation to vinyl, something we love despite it's inherent flaws and drawbacks.  C'mon, it does have some that we know well.  But consider the trove of existing discs 'out there'...all the 'used' albums in all the stores that carry them, all the stashes in attics and basements waiting to sing yet again....

The grandchild that places that player on one of late gran dads collection, found in that box under the stair.  The discovery of what made the old guy smile when they sat on his lap so long ago.  A romantic notion, Yes.  But long after the tech beloved by us has fallen into disrepair, something like this may bring our music into the future.

Consider the latest Star Trek movie, featuring the Beastie Boys.  One never knows the warp and weft of the future, and what may move us yet again....

Consider putting a 'care and handling' note in with the sleeves. ;) 

*G*  The only thing the 'object of discussion' lacks is a graphic on the top that hypnotizes the user into thinking that it's 'state of the art'....which we all know is advert BS and hype...

It's just another tech toy...  I'll wish them luck, hope it sells enough for them to make their nut.  With any luck, it might introduce the few to 'real vinyl reproduction' as we know it and it's capabilities.  I don't need nor want it, and agree that for the same amount of cash I can do a lot better....

But I'm 'edgeicated an' spoilt'  *L*  Perhaps not to the degree I read here @ AG (some go off the deep end of the pool clutching a concrete block with the details IMHO, but to each...), but enough to know that the little spinner widget ain't gonna rival no multi-K$ TT with a cart that'd make most go hari-kari if dropped....

But we're having a good time dissing the thing. *L*  Beats talking 'bout the weather...;)