I read the Kickstarter post with my digital cynicism filter switched to high, not because of the conversion to digital which will no doubt be in a hi resolution format and not the original 16 bit as CD, but because of the rather low start up costs, and the unspecified or even estimated cost of a copy. If the LP is copied over in real time then the time per disc will be at least twice the album time plus the digital processing time, so for a 30 minute album this will be say 1hr 10 min, the machines will need to be supervised and amortised so you could expect the hourly charge to be around £40 plus VAT, similar to a local jobbing garage. If a half speed service is offered then double the cost per disc.
Then there is the question of what equipment is used to read the original LP, as far as I know the cheapest air bearing tonearm costs $4000+ add to that the cost of shipping, import duties and VAT plus compressor, air tanks and filters. A good turntable would cost maybe another £10,000 and a cartridge maybe £3000, or am I wrong and the quality of the replay can be taken care of in the digital domain with an algorithm that gets rid of end of side distortion and corrects for shortcoming in the response of the cartridge.
Then there is the question of what equipment is used to read the original LP, as far as I know the cheapest air bearing tonearm costs $4000+ add to that the cost of shipping, import duties and VAT plus compressor, air tanks and filters. A good turntable would cost maybe another £10,000 and a cartridge maybe £3000, or am I wrong and the quality of the replay can be taken care of in the digital domain with an algorithm that gets rid of end of side distortion and corrects for shortcoming in the response of the cartridge.
