Ion USB Turntable with Built-in CD Recording

Brand: Ion
Category: Musical Instruments

List Price: ~~$449.99~~
Buy New: $304.99
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

18 reviews
Sales Rank: 2914

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 21.5
Dimensions (in): 19.3 x 12 x 17.6
Warranty: 90 Days

MPN: ION LP2CD
Model: ION LP2CD
UPC: 855960000597
EAN: 0855960000597
ASIN: B001B9SH4U

Release Date: March 9, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	All-in-one: built-in CD recorder copies music from vinyl
•	Copy entire albums or make your own custom mix CDs
•	Works stand-alone, or connected to your computer
•	Includes EZ Vinyl Converter 2 software (PC) and EZ Audio Converter (Mac) for hassle-free computer recording
•	Included sound editing software helps you remove noise, clicks, and pops from worn recordings

Editorial Reviews:

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Amazon.com Product Description
LP 2 CD is the fastest, easiest way to convert your vinyl records to CDs with none of the hassle of connecting a computer. Listen to your music in the car, at home, on your computer, or any place with a CD player./p table width="300" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/musical_instruments/detail-page/B001B9SH4U-1-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiThe fastest, easiest way to convert your vinyl records to CDs. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr /table table width="200" cellpadding="10" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/musical_instruments/detail-page/B001B9SH4U-2-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiBelt-driven turntable with a premium tone arm and cartridge. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/musical_instruments/detail-page/B001B9SH4U-3-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiStandard line output in addition to USB. Click to enlarge./i/b/small /td /tr /table pbThe LP 2 CD Turntable/bbr The included turntable is belt-driven, with a premium tone arm and cartridge to get you the best sound from your vinyl. It's as great for simple playback as it is for conversion. 33 1/3 and 45 RPM vinyl are both supported, and you can also record 78 RPM albums using the included software. pbRecord Directly to CD-R/RW/bbr LP 2 CD features an on-board CD burner that lets you record one or more CD copies of a record with ease. Just place your record on the turntable and insert a blank CD. Play your vinyl, hit the record button and let LP 2 CD do the rest. pRecords on blank CD-R/RW discs. pbUSB Interface/bbr Thanks to the LP 2 CD's USB interface, you can also connect your computer and easily transfer your music to your iTunes, iPod, or MP3 player. LP 2 CD comes with software for fast, easy importing to your iTunes library. Mac and PC compatible. pbConversion Software/bbr LP 2 CD includes a software CD with EZ Vinyl Converter for PC (with auto track detection) and EZ Audio Converter for Mac. They are the simplest way to record and convert vinyl directly to iTunes. Before you know it, you'll be listening to songs you haven´t heard in years in iTunes or on your iPod. A free download version of EZ Vinyl Converter with Gracenote MusicID is included for automatic track naming. pbWhat's in the Box/bbr LP 2 CD turntable, Dustcover, Cartridge with stylus, RCA audio cable, AC adapter, Quick start guide

Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars

state of the art March 2, 2010
Richard P. Tureck (desplains Il)
Hi,I purchased this unit at christmas for my father who has old records he wants to burn to cd format.I helped him hook it up to his stereo and so far so good.It does what it says it's supposed to and more.I recently found out you can burn other cds as well as cassete's which is great!

5 out of 5 stars

Great Product if You Know and Understand what you're getting February 6, 2010
Steven B. Rogers (Seattle, WA, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

If you've ever used a cassette tape recorder to tape record albums, you will be right at home with this product. It will convert your old LPs in to CDs or MP3s, and the recording process is almost identical to the process used by the old tape recorders. This is good and bad - I bought one of these for my Dad (78 yrs young) for Christmas so he can save and listen to his collection of literally hundreds of jazz recordings, some so old they are mono or "hi fidelity" recordings. I spent hours teaching him how to use it, and as of today I have no idea if he was able to continue to burn CDs after I returned to my home across the country. Here's the deal: you have to learn to push a few buttons, insert a blank CD, and cue the record in the proper order. I can't remember the exact procedure now, but the idea is that you insert the blank CD, cue the record in a "sample" mode so that you can set the recording level with digital bars that graphically indicate the recording level (it helps if you know the loudest part of a record so you can set the max sound level at that portion of the recording), then you recue the record (lower the tone arm at the beginning), and when the needle pops into the groove, you press another button to start the actual recording. It will automatically separate your tracks, but you have to pause recording at the end of the first side of the record when you turn it over or else you will have a long silence in your recording that lasts as long as it took to flip it. So making a CD is not a simple procedure (insert a cd, play a record, and walk away expecting it to spit out a perfect CD). It takes some practice. But if your are willing to learn how to use it, this is an awesome product.

1 out of 5 stars

total piece of junk! February 2, 2010
Paul B. Adams (boston)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I bought two of these for a big record transfer project for a school. What a disappointment! ION is also the same company as Numark and the quality of their products has really declined. These things are cheaply made and all plastic. The "nu groove" cartridge and stylus that comes with it is useless junk and sounds terrible. I had to go buy a replacement stylus as soon as I received the unit. Even their sales department recommends upgrading to a better stylus! br / br /Within about 50 records, one turntable started to break down! The speed began fluctuating, and the output jacks became loose and started buzzing. br / br /I got the run around with Tech support. Emails were never returned, and I had to wait on hold a long time, only for them to give me lame things to try. Finally they admitted the unit was faulty, and set up a return. br / br /GET THIS FOLKS, INSTEAD OF REPLACING IT, THEY SEND IT OUT TO RENO NEVADA FOR REPAIR AND IT TAKES 7 to 8 WEEKS!! Which is useless! They told me they didn't have any new product to replace it with. Probably because they are discontinuing it because it's junk! br / br /This is buyers remorse in a very big way, don't waste your time or money!

5 out of 5 stars

Great Turntable January 11, 2010
Happy in Petoskey (Michigan)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This turntable is great and extremely easy to figure out how to burn a CD. We love it. br /

2 out of 5 stars

ion usb turntable January 10, 2010
Stephen J. Gennuso (LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, US)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

not what i expected.the table has a hum (MY PANASONIC DOES NOT HAVE A HUM) THE SOUND HAS POOR QUALITY. WHEN YOU TOUCH THE TABLE IT HAS A FEEDBACK. TO SUM IT UP I THINK IT IS A PIECE OF CRAP. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY ONE TO BUY ONE.

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