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From: mwm@ucbvax.ARPA (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: LP easier to listen to at concert levels
Message-ID: <7895@ucbvax.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 21:53:23 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 21:53:23 1985
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In article <555@umd5.UUCP> don@umd5.UUCP writes:
>Not true !! In 5 years your laser diode will have surpassed its useful
>lifetime, and then you WILL have something to replace ...
>$$$ An expen$ive laser assembly $$$

From the June 85 Digital Audio:

	Phillips/Sony system standards call for a minimum of 5000 hours
	of playback time before failure. A phono stylus has a useful life
	of about 500 hours [This sounds low - mwm.] ... Sony estimates the
	current cost of a laser replacement to be under $100, including
	labor.

[Any errors were induced by the analog portion of the copy :-]

While 500 sounds low for the stylus life, 5000 is certainly longer than
you can get from a stylus. And the $100 price tag is a win compared to
stylus prices. And yes, I'm going to wait five years and see how things
wear out.

	<mike