Come on, guys! Radio stations use CD players. Let's not lose touch with the way the rest of the world does music.
During the late 80s, most commercial music stations began making the switch in a big way from records to CDs. For a lot of stations, including oldies and classic rock(and I would imagine jazz and classical), the breadth of music they had available on vinyl, and have not been replaced on CD(which was their thinking), has caused them to once again begin putting money into tuntables and the like.
My best friend, who worked at a radio station, used to use a commercial Sony at home that was destined for the dustbin during an upgrade. The stuff at radio stations is commercial, built to withstand more abuse, heavier cabinets/faceplates/displays/trays, have more features and buttons(most of which are useless), and be rack mountable.
Check out some pro sound rags once in a while, and you will see a whole world that we talk very little about there. And, that it really is true, we are the lunatic fringe.
During the late 80s, most commercial music stations began making the switch in a big way from records to CDs. For a lot of stations, including oldies and classic rock(and I would imagine jazz and classical), the breadth of music they had available on vinyl, and have not been replaced on CD(which was their thinking), has caused them to once again begin putting money into tuntables and the like.
My best friend, who worked at a radio station, used to use a commercial Sony at home that was destined for the dustbin during an upgrade. The stuff at radio stations is commercial, built to withstand more abuse, heavier cabinets/faceplates/displays/trays, have more features and buttons(most of which are useless), and be rack mountable.
Check out some pro sound rags once in a while, and you will see a whole world that we talk very little about there. And, that it really is true, we are the lunatic fringe.