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Record Player Turntable with Speakers - Convert Records to MP3 with USB iConvertTM
 
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Record Player Turntable with Speakers - Convert Records to MP3 with USB iConvertTM

by Brookstone
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)


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Technical Details

  • With iConvertTM you can quickly and easily save all your old LPs in digital format on a flash drive
  • Built-in stereo speakers let you listen to your albums while you convert them
  • Includes AM/FM radio
  • Full-function remote control allows you to do it all from the comfort of your couch

Product Details

  • ASIN: B001PA23OA
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,989 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: March 2, 2010

Product Description

Ion Audio USB turntable with direct-to-CD recording. Burn a CD or MP3 from your records. Now you can listen to your music in the car, at home, on your computer, or anyplace with a standard, Simply plug in the unit, place your record on the turntable, insert a blank CD; play your vinyl, hit.


 

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Reviews. Fun and functional but problematic., August 7, 2009
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Working Man (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Record Player Turntable with Speakers - Convert Records to MP3 with USB iConvertTM (Electronics)
I received this item for my birthday a couple of years ago from my wife and it's been great converting my old LP collection to mp3 and then to CD. There are few products out there now that perform this function and I think I may need to replace my unit. Here are my pros and cons on this item:

Pros:
1. Self contained with built in speakers and AM/FM radio for stand alone recording listening.
2. You can also hook this unit up to your receiver and listen and record with much better sound through your reciever and speakers.
3. Multi-format storage of mp3 files. You can use a flash drive or memory card to store your recorded files and carry them to your computer for editing.
4. It's great to be able to listen to these old records, some not available on CD on my iPod, my computer and on CD all cleaned up and sounding better than ever.

Cons:
1. Software to remove noise, crackles and pops is not included.
2. After a few months the flash drive stopped working.
3. After about a year the memory drive is now having problems and I am about to have a only a traditional turntable left.
4. I needed to replace the needle/stylus and when I tried to contact Brookstone and I didn't get a reply. I did find a needle from an online dealer and it's worked well.

I am now looking for an upgrade. When I contacted the dealer for the needle they told me that Ion was comparable to this Brookstone unit, though there are several Ion units available. I also see a Sony, which looks like it may automtically perform the noise reduction which would reduce the time I spend running my files through Nero to remove the noise and breakup the tracks. This is an okay unit and it should you allow to get a good portion of your record collection digitized, but beware that there may be some problems and you may be looking for a replacement in a couple of years. Also, you'll need to invest in software to remove the noise and also to split tracks unless you want to record each song individually.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T BUY IT, October 7, 2009
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I ordered this because I am a vinyl addicted... But, together with that, I'm a sound quality addicted too. The sound is really, really poor... I thought it was only the built-in speakers, but when I plugged it on my Phillips stereo 500w rms through RCA cable, I could barely hear the music and what I could hear was really, really bad! The needle that comes with it won't stop jumping when I play my records, even the ones I have bought recently, like Lady Gaga's "The Fame" and Madonna's "Sticky And Sweet". I am extremely disappointed and disatisfied, not only for my bad-spent 80 bucks, but I live in Brazil and I have to pay huge taxes to receive imports. Don't spend your money with this... And a slight detail that could bug somebody: the cover will close when you have a 12" vinyl inside, but its boards will be outsiding. It's really bad if you don't want dirt on it.

Just to make it clearer: the USB connection is only for flash-cards, it won't connect to your computer. That's why they say "no PC needed".
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific for converting albums to MP3, September 13, 2009
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This is very easy to use.
Best of all, you don't need a PC to convert your music.
It can be hooked up to your stereo system or played on it's own.
Actually, not too bad of sound from the internal speakers.
You will need software to separate the songs unless
you just want to have the whole album as a single track.

Nice system!! I would recommend this if you aren't
very computer literate and just want your vinyl on MP3.
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