One of the problems for many audio listeners is the conversion of vinyl to MP3. We have tons of records that are wonderful and out of print. I would love to have them in MP3. Last week when I was down visiting the new president of Caltech I had lunch with a couple of friends, right before the meeting, and one told me about something called the ION USB turntable.
Walt Mossberg reviewed this a year or so ago and was not entirely satisfied. I am not sure whether they have upgraded the software or whether he was too harsh - but I spent about an hour installing the software and tweaking the settings and then was able to record a bunch of songs I had not heard before. The turntable can be used with any standard audio system (with RCA inputs) or directly into the computer. For $100 bucks (a special price at Costco online last week with shipping) it sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
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