<byline><![CDATA[Dazzling sound and<br>no record wear]]></byline>
<body><![CDATA[Twenty two years after the debut of the compact disc comes a new way to play vinyl records. Simply place an LP or single in the tray, press play and the record slides into the machine, CD-style. Several seconds later the music starts, the groove tracked by five precisely aligned lasers instead of a needle. The result is brilliant clarity and zero record wear. The sound is eerily transparent with great depth and smoothness, and the machine itself is as easy to use as a CD player thanks to the full remote control and computerised track search. The built-to-order LT-2XRC is an amazing bit of kit, although the price restricts it to lottery winners and record libraries, and its dowdy looks suggest that function took a higher priority than form.]]></body>
