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List Price: $199.95
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Manufacturer: Audio Technica
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Audio-Technica
EAN: 0042005150076
Feature: Create MP3, WAV, WMA files and much more
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Label: Audio Technica
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Manufacturer: Audio Technica
Model: AT-LP2DUSB
Publisher: Audio Technica
Special Features: Audio-Technica makes it easier than ever to transfer your albums to the digital realm with this new AT-LP2D-USB recording system. The AT-LP2D-USB stereo turntable comes equipped with a USB output that allows direct connection to your computer. The system also offers: state-of-the-art recording software?Cakewalk PYRO (for PC use) and Audacity (for MAC or PC); an integral dual-magnet Audio-Technica phono cartridge; and a USB cable and adapter cables. The turntable also features a built-in switchab
Studio: Audio Technica
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Create MP3, WAV, WMA files and much more
Automatic stereo turntable with built-in switchable phono pre-amp
# Software removes pops, crackles or other audio imperfections from LP recording
Cakewalk software for both Mac and PCs
Includes USB cable, phono cartridge and Cakewalk software
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fully automatic, belt drive turntable * built-in phono preamp with bypass switch * playback at 33-1/3 or 45 rpm (45 rpm adapter included) * includes USB cable * Cakewalk PYRO MP3 creation software for PCs; Audacity software for Macs and PCs *
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Summary: Great turntable, easy to set up and use with XP
Comment: Just received it last night and set it up this morning. Total elapsed time between opening the box and having an MP3 recorded from an album: 30 minutes. I swear I am not making this up. A few points:
1. Some assembly is required and by reading the setup guide you may be initially confused, however as soon as you have the turntable out of the box it's immediately obvious what you need to do.
2. A lot of people have stated that you cannot hear music while you are recording it unless you have a stereo. This is incorrect. If you hook the turntable up to a USB port for recording, you can then connect the RCA cable (via the included adapter) to your sound card's "Line In". Set the built-in pre-amp to "Line" and it works like a dream.
2(part deux). If you follow the instructions in the software manual for setting up your Windows audio settings the turntable will work, but if you know your way around these settings you have a *lot* more options. If you are not comfortable adjusting these sorts of things, you might need to do a little learning and/or get someone who knows Windows to help you. It really is fairly trivial.
3. I've only had time to use the Cakewalk Pyro software and so far it's *very* easy and quite intuitive (if you've used audio editing software before, otherwise you might have a learning curve to climb). The only problem is that the provided MP3 encoder is only a 30 day trial. After that, if you want to work with MP3s within Pyro you have to spend (as of 8/28/08) $19 on an activation code to get the full encoder. I really wanted to give this product a four-star rating because of this (I hate surprises like this) but the product is so awesome I just can't give it less than five.
4. Another reviewer mentioned that you can't adjust the volume of the USB input and so louder recordings peak and clip out. As far as I can see, this is true. I've only worked with a few albums thus far and I *have* noticed the input levels are a bit high, but so far no clipping. I'm not sure this will still be the case once I start ripping some rock and punk LPs, but you *can* record directly from the Line In without this issue, or so it seems.
All in all a great product!
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Summary: Don't pay for USB that doesn't work.
Comment: I'm giving this the lowest possible rating because of the terrible USB quality. It works fine using the RCA outputs, but you might as well buy the cheaper Audio Technica AT-PL50 Belt Drive Turntable if you only need RCA. When using the USB there was tons of extra noise, loud enough to hear even over the music. Plus it clipped like crazy. If you don't know, clipping is when the volume is too loud for the digital conversion to work so you get distorted sound. However, there's no way to control the volume level with the USB connection so you'd better hope your records are really quiet. Changing the PHONO/LINE switch doesn't change the USB output level at all either.
So ignoring the USB, I'd probably give this 3.5-4. It was nice that it comes with several RCA adapters. I ended up using the mini stereo adapter and plugging it into the line input on my Mac Mini (Make sure you switch to LINE first). At this point it sounded great. However, there are a couple things that still annoyed me:
* Every other turntable I've seen has a clip to hold the tone arm in place when you move the unit. This one just has a little post underneath and you have to tie the arm to it to keep it in place.
* Instead of RCA output plugs, it has a built in RCA cord. Come on. Not only does it look stupid, the included cable looks cheap. It seems like the connectors could easily get bent and then you'd be out of luck.
All in all, I think I'm going to send this back. I'd rather spend the extra $30 on a better stylus than worthless USB output, especially now that I know it's so easy to connect the RCA line output to my computer.
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Summary: Awesome way to convert old LPs to MP3s
Comment: This turntable has been great! It makes it easy to convert records to digital formats. The software is easy to setup and use, although I did have to go to the web to download some updates--the version that ships for the mac is designed for PowerPC processors and I have an Intel mac. I also had a little trouble using the USB interface, but the thing worked great when I used my computer's line-in input.
Overall, I would highly recommend this turntable for anyone that has old LPs or 45s they want to hang onto or add to their digital library.
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Summary: Excellent Turntable For Your PC
Comment: This is an excellent turntable to connect to your PC to rip the old LPs to a digital format. The turntable works flawlessly. I originally planned to connect it to a USB port, but it has so many connection options, that I was able to connect it directly to my sound card's line-in. All connectors and adapters are included in the box. The software is OK. I immediately used Audacity as I was familiar with it.(it is available on line for free) It does an excellent job of recording from the turntable. Cakewalk software (PC only) is also included, but I haven't used it yet. I nearly purchased another brand, but I am very happy that I chose Audio Technica.
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Summary: Great unit for the price
Comment: I selected this unit over the others because of the mostly favorable reviews and the price value. You do get what you pay for; many of the parts are plastic. This should be fine as long as you handle the unit accordingly or something is apt to break.
I've been quite happy with it. The instructions for getting started are pretty easy to follow. But, there is a learning curve on how to most efficiently create CDs. You get faster at it after your first few CDs. Once done digitizing the CD it now takes me only a few minutes to burn the files onto a CD.
There are a few "bugs". I learned that when burning the CD (at least with my laptop), you should not insert the CD into the driver until the software requests that it be done. The other minor problem I have is that I'm unable to shorten tracks (songs). For example, a custom album I created was a bit over 80 minutes (the max length that fits on a CD). So, I tried to shorten a few tracks using the tabs that allow you do do so when you are in the edit mode. Except, after "shortening" the tracks I ended up with the same length tracks, but with silence in the segments that I thought I had edited out. To fit w/in the 80 minute length I ended up eliminating one of the songs.
The unit does not have the ability to record tapes (there is no input) like other units do. One nice feature is I can fade in/out songs in the edit mode.
The only (relatively minor) frustration I have is I haven't been able to figure out the software for eliminating pops/hiss/crackles. I figure if I dig deep enough in the help tab I'll be able to figure this out, but they sure don't make it easy. Luckily, most of my albums are in good shape so I don't much need to use the pop/hiss/crackle removing software.
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