"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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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.)


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Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism

"Sounds like it might be a real POS"

Great words of wisdom from someone who states he hasn't tries either of the
devices!!

I have the ION and got it for Christmas three yr. ago from my children.
They have been around for a long time and the price hasn't changed much in
that time ($150.00 range). The ION works well, but consider the fact that
after you have copied all your vinyl you have a very expensive dust
collector of the shelf. Mine is !!

Bill in Plano