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Ion TTUSB Turntable with USB Record | 
| Brand: Ion
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $199.00
Buy New: $89.91
You Save: $109.09 (55%)
New (37) Used (3) Refurbished (2) from $74.95
Rating:  332 reviews
Sales Rank: 13
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 17.5 x 20.3
MPN: DIO ITTUSB
Model: ITTUSB
UPC: 411378013149
EAN: 0855960000535
ASIN: B000BUEMOO
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days
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| Features:
| • | USB 1.1 turntable that makes it a snap to convert vinyl collection to CD or MP3 formats | | • | Includes Audacity PC/Mac recording software and trial version of Bias Soundsoap 2 | | • | Adjustable anti-skating control for increased stereo balancing | | • | Support for high-speed vinyl recording; works with both 33-1/3 and 45 rpm speeds | | • | Line-level outputs for easy stereo connection; 1/8-inch line-level input; weighs 7.7 pounds |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The first USB turntable that lets you convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3, the Ion Audio iTTUSB is a must for people who don't want to deal with clumsy adapters or mismatched software when transferring formats. Requiring no special drivers, the turntable comes with Audacity, a recording application that works with both PCs and Macs, as well a trial version of Bias Soundsoap 2 to clean and restore vinyl recordings. As an alternative, the turntable also works with any other software that supports USB audio input sound cards. Once connected, the turntable transfers both 33-1/3 rpm albums and 45 rpm singles to digital formats in mere minutes. The iTTUSB also offers a few hardware extras, such as an adjustable anti-skating control for increased stereo balancing, an adjustable pitch control (+/- 8 percent), and support for high-speed vinyl recording. And thanks to the line-level outputs, you can connect to any home stereo with CD or auxiliary (AUX) inputs--no phono inputs required. The turntable comes with a cartridge and stylus, 45 adapter, and USB cable and is compatible with PCs running Windows 98, 2000, or XP and Macs running OS 9 or greater. All computers must also have at least one available USB 1.1 port. The iTTUSB's master carton measures 20.27 by 6.85 by 17.16 inches (W x H x D) while the turntable itself weighs 7.7 pounds. What's in the Box
Turntable, tonearm counterweight, platter with belt, slipmat, cartridge premounted on headshell, RCA cable, USB cable, software CD-ROM, 45 adapter, quick-start guide, user's manual.
Product Description
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! See the first USB turntable for converting your old vinyls directly to CD or MP3 with the included recording software (No special drivers needed!). It includes Audacity software for Mac/PC for recording and a trial of Bias Soundsoap 2 for cleaning and restoring vinyl quality. In addition, the ION iTTUSB turntable also has line level output for connecting to any home stereo with CD or auxiliary (AUX) inputs. It is compatible with any software that supports USB audio input sound cards. CD with Mac/PC recording software 33 1/3 and 45 RPM. Adjustable Anti-Skating control for increased stereo balancing High speed vinyl recording Line level RCA outputs 1/8 stereo line input so you can digitize music from cassettes or other sources Computer Requirements - PC running Windows 98, 2000, or XP / Mac running OS9 or greater / One available USB port Set-up required to mount turntable and adjust tone-arm
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| Customer Reviews: Read 327 more reviews...
 I Have Died and Gone to LP Heaven! May 13, 2006
Silas Sparkhammer (San Diego CA USA)
326 out of 335 found this review helpful
Easy to set up. I'm a non-techno yutz, and this was simple for me to install and configure.
Easy to use. I was recording LPs to WAV files in the first hour. Within two hours, I was able to break a side up into individual tracks and cuts and save them separately.
Perfect Fidelity! The quality of the reproduction is fantastic! This is the greatest thing in the world! No need for pre-amp or amp, just LP to PC.
Noise? Yes, of course; this also converts your scratches and pops with digital exactness. But even so, you're well ahead of the game: at least this way you'll never have to worry about putting *new* scratches on your favorite music!
This is one of the best investments I have ever made; I'm overjoyed with this technology!
Groovy... an amazing deal at this price November 29, 2007
G. Burns (Chino Hills, CA United States)
93 out of 93 found this review helpful
This item is just too good to pass up. I have a couple hundred vinyl albums that I still listen to occassionally. I have made several disappointing attempts to transfer vinyls to CD in the past, but it always turned out to be too much work to get too poor of a transfer. I kept hoping to find a better way to preserve my collection, and this is it.
SETTING UP THE TURNTABLE: The turntable is so very simple to set up, and the weight and materials are so different from those high end turntables of years past, that you might think you just wasted your money... don't worry, the best is yet to come. It took me all of 15 minutes to set up the turntable and plug it into my computer. Due to a couple of reviews that I read I took 3 precautions while setting up the turntable: 1) I used some of the foam wrapping material from the box and wrapped the RCA plugs to eliminate any extraneous noise that might be introduced into the system, 2) I put small felt pads under the legs of the table that the turntable will sit on, and 3) I used a stylus pressure gauge to get exactly 4 grams of weight (with the plastic cover still on the stylus which should give me approx 3.75 - 4 grams with the plastic cover off).
SETTING UP THE USB PART: Again it is totally a no-brainer. Just follow the meager instructions that are included with the turntable - they are spot-on. When I plugged in the USB cable (I set it up on 2 different machines, a Dell and a home-made running XP Home Edition and XP Professional respectively). On both machines Windows ran me through several set-up wizards that installed the following drivers (it's all automatic, just click when it tells you to): USB Compliant Device, USB Audio Device, USB Human Interface Device, and HID Compliant Device. That's it... maybe 5 minutes of watching the computer do it's part.
SETTING UP THE SOFTWARE: I was pretty sceptical from the reviews I had read. Again, follow the meager software instuctions - again they are spot-on. It probably took all of 15 minutes to get everything done.
RECORDING A VINYL ALBUM: Expect to spend about an hour per album (most albums take about 40 minutes just to play through). The process is simple: 1) copy the album to your harddrive, 2) Normalize the file, 3) remove extraneous noise, 4) Split the file into seperate tracks, and 5) write the WAV files to a CD (I used Nero for that part).
FINAL TRANSFER COPY: You'll want to spend a little time learning to use the software (maybe an hour of two and you will have it all down pat). For my first album I used one that was far from pristine. I wanted to see what the software is capable of. I could not be more pleased with the result. Using the software I was able to remove most of the extraeous noise. There is still a VERY slight amount of noise that you would normally expect, even from the most pristine vinyl album, and I like it that way.
BOTTOM LINE: This is an amazing purchase for the price. Everything works, and works better than I ever expected. A dustcover would have been nice, but I'll just make one, no big deal. All of the albums that I have transered so far sound incredible, pretty close to pristine quality, and if you really listen you will know the music is from the original vinyls... what could be better.
EDIT: After transferring about 20 vinyl albums a quick update should be useful...
1) for removing clicks, pops, and static I have settled into this process - after copying the album to the harddrive don't "Normalize", instead just "select -> all" from the edit menu; then select "click removal" from the effects menu and move the top slider to the left about 1/2 of it's default center setting then click "remove clicks"; now click "Noise Removal" from the effects menu, select an area between tracks to set the "Get Profile Noise"; then "select -> all" from the edit menu and bring the noise removal window back up; move the slider to the left (about 1/2 way from the default center setting) and click "Remove Noise"; then bring the noise removal window back up again and repeat the noise removal a second time but move the slider a couple of clicks further towards "Less" this time; now just manually remove any remaining noise or clicks (there will be very little left). Your files should now be just right and ready to seperate and copy to CD. Any other method I used seemed to remove too much from the file and resulted in a clean but VERY SLIGHTLY muffled sound (it could just be me though because we are talking about very small degrees of difference here).
2) On my Dell computer there seems to be some kind of conflict with the USB turntable (I don't have the problem with my home made machine). The problem happens when I turn the computer on with the turntable USB cable already plugged into the computer... the computer will hang up during it's initial booting (before it starts loading windows). The solution is pretty simple, just unplug the USB cable before booting the computer and plug it back in after the computer boots up fully, but it kind of bugs me.
EDIT #2: A couple of posts refer to a "Dreaded Silence" problem. After transferring about 50 albums I had it happen to me also. The problem is that the software (??? not certain) seems to be adjusting the computer's system volume to almost mute. Just go into "Control Panel" -> "Adjust speaker Volume" -> "Advanced" and move the "Wave" volume slider back up to a higher value. Hope that helps.
Works as advertised June 2, 2006
Badger718 (Seattle)
67 out of 67 found this review helpful
I bought this for $139 (not including taxes or shipping) through Amazon and have been very happy with it. It was easy to set up, the directions were clearly written, and it does a good job of converting my old LPs to digital form, in my case, to MP3s.
The Audacity software is intuitive and easy to use, though you do have to go onto the Internet and download a particular file (a snap to do). On some albums, the MP3s created sound significantly better than the album itself -- the static and pops are gone, for example. But on others, getting rid of all of the static results in a somewhat distorted digial version. It's kind of a balancing act and you have to make adjustments using the software (easy) to decide what the optimal level of noise removal is. But even with no noise removal, the skips are abbreviated, and I'd say that almost all of my MP3s (I've converted only about 12 albums so far) sound at least a little better than the LP.
This is a great product!
The answer to my prayers! November 30, 2006
M. Wade (Woodland Hills, CA)
63 out of 63 found this review helpful
My father, aged 88, and I, aged 60, combined have an extensive LP collection and I wanted our tunes on my ipod. When I saw this turntable I knew my prayers were answered. It took me about an hour to assembly the turntable and 15 minutes more to connect the hardware and install the software. By the way I am a MAC owner. What a joy it is to purchase technology that does what it claims right out of the box! In one 3 hour session I removed the pops and scratches, named tracks, exported separate tracks, moved two albums to itunes and on to my ipod. Thank you ionaudio!
sounds much better than expected October 19, 2006
Thomas Magee
36 out of 36 found this review helpful
I bought this unit in order to transfer some of my old LPs to iPod. I expected the result to be comparable to the old days of recording to tape: Pops and other noise permanantly recorded onto a new medium. Wrong! The Audacity software makes it easy to remove minor background crackles and pops. It's also easy to divide the final recording into individual tracks, and to normalize the volume so your various recordings have a balanced output level. The final recordings sound surprisingly good, with a full mid-range and not much of the digital tinny sound that is present on some CD's.
Connection to my HP was pretty straightforward, although sometimes the computer does not see the USB connection to the turntable. Unplugging the turntable and plugging it back in usually solves the problem.
The documentation was not too clear on the need or purpose of the RCA connectors. I was able to use the unit by only plugging in the USB cable and setting Audacity to output to the speakers while recording. If you don't have the proper drivers installed for your sound card, then the USB connection may not work. The RCA connectors may be useful in this case.
Overall, a good value for the money.
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