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Numark PT01USB Turntable |  | Brand: Numark
Category: CE
List Price: $149.00
Buy New: $74.95
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New (14) Used (1) from $69.99
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 8286
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Connectivity: USB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 11.9 x 4
MPN: PT01USB
Model: PT01USB
UPC: 676762315210
EAN: 0676762315210
ASIN: B001ECQ6PG
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Plug and play USB connection | | • | Wall-powered with included AC adapter or battery-powered (six "D" cells, not included) | | • | Internal monitoring speaker | | • | Belt-drive motor with 33, 45 and 78 RPM settings | | • | Cartridge included | | • | 1/8-inch line input lets you connect other sound sources, such as tape decks, for conversion | | • | Belt-driven turntable features plug-and-play USB connection and 33, 45 and 78 RPM settings | | • | Built-in speaker for quick monitoring or portable use | | • | EZ Vinyl Converter 2 (PC) and EZ Audio Converter (Mac) software are included to make importing audio simple | | • | Wall-powered with included AC adapter or battery-powered with six "D" cell batteries |
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Product Description
Preserve your records as digital files for your iPod or MP3 player with this Numark PT01 turntable with a built-in USB port for simple transfer to your PC or Macintosh computer. Numark has created a revolutionary portable turntable that enables you to convert your vinyl to WAV or MP3 files. Using the included recording software, no special drivers are needed to connect PT01USB to any Mac or PC via USB and transfer music from vinyl to hard disk. EZ Vinyl Converter 2 (PC) and EZ Audio Converter (Mac) software are included to make recording and importing audio simple. EZ Vinyl Converter 2 imports your songs directly into your iTunes library, automatically separating tracks, and with a free download of Gracenote MusicID, it can even automatically name your tracks. PT01USB also comes with Audacity software for editing your tracks. Audacity also helps reduce clicks, pops, and other noises from your recordings to restore the full quality of your vinyl. PT01USB has an RCA line input so you can connect other sound sources such as tape decks and convert them to digital files too! RCA line outputs enable connection to your DJ system or home stereo so you can use PT01USB as a standard record player. With 33, 45, and 78-RPM speeds, PT01USB works with your entire record collection. There's even a +/-10% pitch control to help you optimize your tracks for whatever need you have. In addition to the internal speaker and RCA outputs, you can also listen with headphones. +-10% pitch control to help you optimize your tracks for whatever need you have 45-RPM adapter included Cartridge and USB cable included RCA line input so you can connect other sound sources such as tape decks and convert them to digital files RCA line outputs enable connection to your DJ system or home stereo so you can use as a standard turntable Minimum system requirements - PC - Windows XP or Vista (32-bit) and Mac - OS X plus USB port Headphone
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
 Perfect Item Perfect Price August 8, 2010
Stephen W.
I know this item might not be professional quality but for its price it is the top one to buy. It is very hard to find turntables that play 78 rpm records let alone record them. This is just what i needed and it even can be taken with you and used portable. With the built in speaker and battery option it is the ideal turntable. The cartridges and also very inexpensive and they last along time. The only thing I did not like was the software that came with it. It seems to have a hard time knowing where to split the tracks so I use Audacity to record (even though it take longer to manually split the tracks)
Player great - software and guides useless July 7, 2010
Caron Gonthier (Northfield, NH United States)
Out of nostalgia my husband and I just purchased the player today. We wanted the option of recording our albums to CD in order to listen to them in the car. It sounds great, but when I started to record with EZ Audio Recorder (the program that came with the player) I was getting ambient sounds as well as a real bad recording of the music. Apparently I needed to change some settings in my sound input files (Utilities>Audio/Midi Setup). I ended up downloading Audacity (a sound recording program) here ... [...] and go here ... [...] ... for help setting it up. Make sure you close Audacity down and restart it before attempting to record again so the new settings can take effect. I suspect that my recordings will sound just fine with EZ Audio Recorder now that I changed the settings on my computer. It would be nice if this player was plug and play or the guide mentioned that these settings needed to be changed.
I like the small size of the player and the sturdy case. Also, like the added connections for speakers, headphone jacks (small & large), and the tone and pitch controls. We look forward to reminiscing with our vinyl.
Reasonable price and good performance March 14, 2010
Dr Robert (Central NY)
If you give yourself time to get familiar with the conversion software and the audio enhancing software before plunging right in and converting your vinyl then you will enjoy this turntable all the more. Yes, you can start converting almost 'out of the box' but take time to experiment with the software and you will end up finding the sound that you like with the conversions. You can get a decent digital conversion even with 'noisy' recordings - the only records that usually fail conversion quality are warped and it does not take much of a warp to ruin the sound - also of course highly scratched ones. I've made transfers of several vinyl records now and am very pleased with the turntable - a few quirks here and there but for the low price it is well worth the money and highly recommended.
 At least the price is right. February 4, 2010
Joseph A. Oetzell
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For 120 dollars you can enjoy all the high fidelity sound of vinyl, and portable design allows you to show it off to your friends.
I bought this because it seemed like a good deal, and for the most part, it was. Sound quality was nice, there's a variety of sound controlling knobs and output lines, and the vinyl-digital transfer wasn't too bad either.
My biggest problem: The platter and needle arm. Maybe I bought a defective model, but I found that the platter was slightly off-level, causing all of my records to skip (I tried this with my 33's, my 45's, and everything else in between with the same result). I wouldn't mind that too much if I could adjust the record arm to compensate for the fluctuations, but for $120 all I got was a plastic arm with no weights or counterweights to balance out the arm. I wound up taping a tube of chapstick near the cartridge, which worked for the most part, but even then the vinyl would skip from time to time, prompting me to weight it oh-so-slightly with my finger to keep it going. Needless to say, the extra weight won't help the life of your vinyls.
Another problem lies in the fact that the arm has no auto-return at the end of a side. This means that if you want to convert your vinyl library, expect to do so with an eye on the player at all times. The included software (EZ Vinyl Converter) works fine but lacks a lot of options (noise reduction would be nice) and the auto tracksplit feature only works with several seconds between tracks. That all can be avoided by using the included Audacity download, it's more complicated but worlds better than EZ. Also important to mention: The gain knob on the USB out line can be boosted unnecessarily high, but hits its lowest point still far higher than you'd want the gain set.
So, I'm returning my player. The sound is just fine through headphones,but the speaker is rather faint (my Grado SR-80i's were nearly as loud as the speaker at full blast). If you get a unit that works like it's supposed to and can deal with the Spartan design, then it's great for the price. But if you end up with something like mine, you may want to trade it in.
Easy turntable February 1, 2010
John Coleman (Fairfax, VA USA)
Does just fine converting vinyls to CDs. I had a little difficulty finding an extra stylus to have as a spare but they seem to be available now.
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