USB-powered record player for conversion to MP3 (follow-up)

[trogdor]

Somebody the other day was asking about conversion from LP/45/78 to MP3. I just found something that might make this considerably easier. It's sold by a UK company, but it shouldn't matter because it plugs into a USB port. No wondering which hole in your sound card to connect stuff to or anything. Sweet, huh?

price: 119 pounds Sterling (about US$220).

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/gadgets-gizmos/usb-turntable/index.html

[bbernardini]

1. Seems to me that if you're going through the trouble of transferring an album...

...you shouldn't save it in a lossy format like mp3. Just my two cents.

[mr blur]

2. It's not just for mp3s -

comes with Audacity software (which is pretty good for a free program) which records to the hard disc as .wav files. Whether or not you convert to the dreaded mp3 is optional.

[teriyaki jones]

3. If this is the ION device

and it sure looks like it (especially with the ION logo on the front, duh), I've seen this on the internets for as little as $125. And I've already told my sons that I want one. I still have hundreds and hundreds of albums, many of which I really want to digitize.

[trogdor]

4. Really? I want one too.

For 125 beans, it's a no-brainer. I'll have to Google up on this. To be fair, the site I found this at specializes in office toys like a USB-powered hamster that runs on his wheel in response to your typing. It's no surprise, therefore, that they'd be over-charging for most of their inventory.

Here it is at Amazon for $149:

http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Turntable-USB-Record/dp/B000BUEMOO

[teriyaki jones]

5. Here's a Froogle search for you

actually as low as $107 and change, though I can't personally vouch for any of the vendors:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=ion+turntable+usb&hl=en&btnG=Search+Froogle

[ghostsofgiants]

6. I'd probably recommend Numark's USB turntable instead.

No experience with either, but I do know that Numark is known to make a quality product. (I remember asthmaticeog posting about it a while back, too.)

http://turntablelab.com/dj_equipment/1/132/13199.html

[lildreamer316]

7. THAT's who it was.

Was looking for the thread, thanks.
I do believe asthmaticeog was saying that prosound had it cheaper than where he got it from, too.
www.pssl.com