Post #339960 by tikiwinebear on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 9:33 PM

I recently purchased an Ion USB Turntable to transfer my vinyls to mp3 / wav files. I got it from CostCo at about $100.00. It sure beats having to sit at someone else's equipment for hours at a time; I can do it at my own speed, and clean up the recording with the software that comes with it.

My most recent purchase was Ernie Menehune's Back to Aloha Land album. It has a few of those wonderful vinyl pops here and there, but on the most part, it is fantastic. Minoi Minoi was worth the price of the lp in itself!!

The Ion turntable will stand alone plugged into a receiver and speakers, but you can easily play an lp directly thru the USB into your computer and its speakers. The accompanying software is pretty easy to use, and has built in filters and manual filters to remove the loudest of the pops.

If you were on the left coast, I would gladly let you use my system to record your lps!!

Good Luck!
Myke