That is what NEDCC do, but they use imaging of the groove pattern, and then recover the audio from that. This is an archival process for recordings which could be damaged by regular playing. Called IRENE
https://www.nedcc.org/audio-preservation/irene
I haven't tried those pads but swapping the pads out in general on the KS does wonders. The stock ones are abysmal and yet they use the same ones as on the KS-H1's...
First time Winnipeg has made it to round 2, including the old pre-1996 team before they moved to Phoenix. I never pay attention to hockey, but I'm paying attention now. A bit.
This past weekend was the Maryhill Spring Free-4-All, during which I rode some skateboards down a fast and sketchy hill. There were shenanigans.
https://imgur.com/a/Mqb6MDD
Really. Read about it at axpona. The weird thing is you have to convert the original recording source to digital, which then gets converted into some kind of 3D topographic map which then feeds the laser based cutter which then makes the stamper
ill take my non HD AAA sourced vinyl just fine.