[net.audio] 100-Watt laser diodes for the ultimate in reproduction

prk@charm.UUCP (Paul Kolodner) (06/08/85)

>Well yes, laser diodes do crap out eventually.  But the cost problem here,
>if there really is one, is probably in the nature of what the CD equipment
>makers force you to buy if you get replacement parts from them.  Laser
>diodes per se, from the original sources (e.g., RCA) are not particularly
>expensive until you get up into the 100-watt range.  Of course, the next
>problem may be that RCA doesn't have one with the same dimensions as the
>Quasimoto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. model that's in your player,
>and that's probably no accident.

Please send information about 100-W laser diodes soon!!
I want to invest in this product before it hits the market!