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George
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OT--USB turntable
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On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:51:38 -0700, David Nebenzahl
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On 6/29/2009 8:37 PM Pdk Pdk spake thus:
Looking to buy my brother something to record his old vinyl
collection onto a computer.
A local store has a closeout sale on Ion USB turntables for $75 each.
As a technical weakling, I'm consulting y'all to see if anyone's
tried this unit or has any ideas regarding what I should be looking for.
It seems like an easy to use unit, but I don't want to buy the wrong
thing.
I'd be skeptical. Sounds like it might be a real POS.
Why not just get a *real* turntable (there are still ****loads of them
out there for sale) and run it through any inexpensive receiver? You'll
get much better results that way.
(But no, I haven't actually tried these devices.)
I agree I found a Dual on Ebay for $20 and it looked brand new. All I
had to do was hook the cartridge output to the MIC IN on the sound
card with an RCA to 1/8" phono adapter and I was ripping vinyl.
Can't imagine how that would work. The signal is very low level so it
needs to be amplified and RIAA equalization needs to be performed.
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