USB Turntable TTUSB
from ION Audio
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Model No: ITTUSB
Index: Digital & Electronics
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Digital Box Price: £76.99
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Product Description With the iTT USB turntable from lon, digitise your vinyl record collection instantly. All that you to do is connect the iTT USB to your computer's USB port, click open your audio software (or audio Audacity capturing software that has been included) and voila the records will start getting saved on your hard disk.The iTT USB is compatible with all your 33 and 45 records and also incorporates a RCA outlet line, a preamplifier and a 3.5 mm inlet plug in. Furthermore, it has a adjustable anti-skid system for a perfect stereo effect.Accessories included: - Strap and bottom plate- USB cable- RCA cable- Pre assembled cartridge- Counter weight- AudioMac and PC recording software
well impressed  Sent: 07 January 2009
ive got 450 vinyl albums and 450+ vinyl singles in the loft i read plenty of reviews about these usb turntables some good some bad after much deliberation i plumped on this ion turntable it was very easy to set up on my vista computer there's additional stuff on the ion website you can download for noise reduction +a converter for mp3 if you've got i-tunes it will automatically send all the vinyl you've converted on the turntable straight to i-tunes if you've got an internet connection it will also automatically go to its on-line site and get the songs artists and album art work for you [very clever]the sound quality is very good even without noise reduction ive got 70 songs converted so far [you do have to listen to the full songs] no short cuts here its time consuming buts its great listening to all your old vinyl that you:d forgotten about ive even transferred about 30 odd songs to my mp3 player and the quality is great some clicks scratches here and there but i can live with that even transfered loads to cd i'm well pleased i got one of these turntables ive had loads of fun brings back load of memorys
Ion makes it easy  Sent: 30 December 2008
As an audio professional i would just like to say this is a quick and easy way to get your vinyl onto your iPod,using it on my mac pro and rediscovering my old records. Easy to set up and edit your recordings with audacity. Thanks Ion for a good solution to a tricky problem!
ION TURNTABLE, IN NEED OF WELL DESERVED MERIT Sent: 07 October 2008
Well, having read the good and poor reviews about this product, I have to say, all I can give is full marks to the turntable. It is a full size turntable, (which is rare even these days), a belt driven turntable for low rumble and the turntable itself has a high torque, which handles albums perfect, and the test for high torque is of course to see how much the belt slips. This one was perfect.
Setting up was a cinch, plug in the USB plug, install the Audacity software, (by the way the turntable also has phono plugs to play your records on a normal hi fi system - great extra!)
Once audacity is setup, just a few tweaks to the software itself, to change it from the default MONO recording, to STEREO recording, and then search for the lame mp3 dll encoder, which was straight forward.
(NERO had the dll in its COMMON FILES folder).
Creating the first album, was superb, I press the RECORD on audacity, it makes an entire WAVE file of the whole album, I then asked audacity to search for the track silence breakpoints, which it did perfecttly, (analyse : silence finder), then went into FILE : EXPORT MULTIPLE which made an mp3 of each of the tracks on the album at 192kbps (which is the ideal asetting) - 128kbs is the default.
The only bad points, and they are not that bad, the arm could do with a good old fashioned manual lift and lower device, and the arm does not eject at the end, so if you fall asleep during recording it could well cause stylus problems, but overall i have to give this 9.5 out of ten, and its truly very stylish indeed, and looks great just anywhere.
By the way, any silence at the beginning and end of the album can easily be edited out using SELECT AREA : CUT.
Another good idea is you can place the stylus on the disc, whilst not rotating, and then manually start the motor using one of the two start buttons on the left of the player. This uses the same system as good old fashioned disco-dj decks.
ANDY M WROB
Excellent sound quality Sent: 19 August 2007
I don't have a home stereo any more, but still wanted a way to play my big vinyl collection - this turntable is great because you can connect it to your computer (in my case a Mac) and play the records through your computer's speakers.
You also have the option to 1. rip your vinyl onto your computer to play digitally and 2. connect the turntable to your old fashioned stereo - if you still have one!
The sound is very good and the set up was simple - it took me about 30 mins to sort out my computer speakers before I could hear the sound but this is because I didn't read the instructions rather than any hardware problem...
On your computer you can listen to the records, and / or rip & convert them - using Audacity software, which is supplied. You need an additional file to download from the company's website if you have an Intel-based Mac, but this is all explained and was easy to execute.
Although I bought this turntable to play records through my computer speakers rather than convert them to play on my ipod, I did have a go at transferring an album out of interest.
The instructions on this were very easy to follow. It transferred the music as a 'WAV' file which was then easy to convert into a compressed MP3 file - again, I had to download a bit of software to transfer to MP3 but this was all signposted in the instructions and easy to execute.
As for the looks of the turntable, there are 2 choices - go for the more old fashioned version with the dust cover, or this more modern one without a dust cover. I ummed and ahh-d for a day or so before going for this one and I think I made the right choice. I think it looks quite stylish.
All in all, a good turntable - and a great way to play your vinyl if, like me, you ditched your stereo to manage your music digitally, only to experience a twinge of nostalgia when you cleared out the loft and found your old vinyl!
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