Bill Hall wrote:

"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
There should be lots of turntable on
ebay and CraigsList. I sold, actually,
gave away, a nice turntable for $10. I
acquired a linear tracking Technics
for free, but had to invest about $20
for a new cartridge/needle. I also
acquired a very consumer mike mixer,
which has an RIAA input for phone
cartridge. I could also use my stereo
receiver, however, I wanted something
that I could use at the computer station
for capture.