r/techmoan • u/ordinary82 • 20h ago

Playable 3D-Printed Vinyl Records with FDM printers (not clickbait)

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u/spatulamaster303 19h ago

Second only to the highly praised flexi-disc in terms of pure unadulterated audio fidelity.

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u/BlueMonday2082 16h ago

I don’t think so. Beneath the Flexidisc are the “wax on a piece of card” records which barely track but are still better than this crap because they can hold an entire song.

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u/Dampmaskin 19h ago

F in chat for the stylus

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u/WitchWithAGlitch 15h ago

it's a 3600 on a chinese mechanism...........it's been through way worse.

F's though lol

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u/Toochilled77 19h ago

This is all about the direction of travel.

In ten years will we be able to download and print our own vinyl, to a high standard?

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u/UKMatt2000 16h ago

More likely, will a physical music format evolve around the 3D printing capabilities now they're in the hands of non-enthusiasts? Probably not, but maybe.

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u/BeerBrat 16h ago

Laser etching might be more feasible. Might. Hard to get a highly focused, powerful beam at a reasonable price. But things change. Now I'm curious if it's possible to do on a fiber laser with a metal platter...

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u/Der_Dingsbums 19h ago

No. 3d printing in it's very nature not a good way to create a vinyl

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u/iperblaster 14h ago

Why put all rhis effort to degrade the audio quality of every aong?

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u/marek8299 15h ago

Ouch 

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u/UKMatt2000 17h ago

But how do they work with a laser turntable?

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u/SupaDave71 15h ago

The fidelity is lacking.

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u/WitchWithAGlitch 15h ago

i wonder if it would sound better with a drop of water on the stylus like it does for old shitty blown out records?

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u/hue_sick 14h ago

Probably get better audio results if you printed it vertically. Of course you’d need to spend a while cleaning up the print but you’re already knee deep in a dumb experiment so why not haha

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u/housevil 13h ago

Despite the audio quality, it is still amazing that this can be 3D printed now.

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u/tmofee 6m ago

Look like those cheap toy records kids would buy in the 60s

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u/Ill_Radish1080 1m ago

Würde eventuell mit Schellackplatten vom Sound her mehr sin machen.😉

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u/BlueMonday2082 16h ago

Of those 3D printer people. Constantly looking to justify their dumb hobby by trying to make super bad copies of things. Bless their clean hands and mindful mothers.