VIBE USB Turntable with Speakers

[ThunderThighs]

@CowboyDann

It’s Hit or miss right now. It happened to me once. it was happening really bad when i was trying to PM you an hour ago.

Ok, I’ve reported it and they’re looking into it. THANKS!

[dpinkard]

What color is the USB cable?

[Fountain3586]

@CowboyDann

Yikes. 16 dollars for a turntable? Maybe for my scratchy records I bought from a garage sale. I would never play my vinyl I cared about on a player this cheap.

You better hope you record your record right on the first try. Otherwise you’ll probably damage your records.

Rope in your attitude cowboy. Here is an even better reason why it may not be for some… Not mac compatible??

[Fountain3586]

@CowboyDann

Yikes. 16 dollars for a turntable? Maybe for my scratchy records I bought from a garage sale. I would never play my vinyl I cared about on a player this cheap.

You better hope you record your record right on the first try. Otherwise you’ll probably damage your records.

Rope in your attitude cowboy. Here is an even better reason why it may not be for some… Not mac compatible??

[extremusmaximus]

@yosemitemtb

Don’t use this turntable on any records you value. The ceramic needle will eat them for lunch.

Excuse me, but it clearly stated “Ceramic CARTRIDGE”, not needle. Even the cheapest needles have been artificial sapphire longer than I have been alive and the tonearm is the critical aspect.

I got the last Woot! for the *ION Quick Play Flash turntable to convert some out of print albums to the flash drive and it sounded better than the day I picked up the record new - twice so far, because I compared “live” to MP3.

[CowboyDann]

@lstaff

( Waiting . . .Waiting . . . Waiting for you to post

1. discussion from last time
2. the manual
3. video on how to use it.
   I’ve got some old vinyl i’d like to convert.)

1.I haven’t found this one for sale
2.I’ll look for it.
3.[youtube=_gZAhNM35lU][/youtube]

I stand by what I said. If you want to preserve your vinyl and keep it the best condition pass on this. If you’re not an audiophile, and you’re okay with middle road MP3 Quality, and want to digitize your vinyls before mailing them to me then this might do just the trick for you.

but pleease, for the love of your vinyl, one play only.

Here is a Review from Cnet

It caused me to stop searching for a user guide because of this:
the included manual is barely worth the paper it’s printed on. So this is not a great solution for tech-challenged users.

And one last warning from this review:
The actual process of converting albums into MP3s can be complicated, as you have to manually break one long recording into individual files–or start and stop the LP (and the recording software) after each track. A little more automation would be great, and I reckon there’s software out there that’ll provide it–but it’s not included here.

My final word on this.

If you’re not super serious about your sound quality, and know your way around a computer alright, this might be perfect for you. Just remember you’ll have to edit the tracks, or have a single continuous playing CD.

Based on what I read about this turntalbe, for me (who is way to serious about music) I’d give it a 1/5. For anyone else, it’s still not very impressive and woot’s dirt cheap pricing is the only thing making me feel comfortable giving this a 3/5 at best.

[ThunderThighs]

@dpinkard

What color is the USB cable?

Brat.

[skipatrolkid]

Will this play with any quality?

http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net/67fa0abb-724e-415e-ae8a-ac50bb9892a1.jpg

Since I bought it here on woot! back in April of 2009 and still haven’t opened them, let alone played them.

(I’m starting to like that STUFF YOU BOUGHT page…)

[aaroninneb1]

ceramic needle is worrying you? It’s hardness is next to that of diamond. Don’t think it’s going to ruin any records.

[sm0k3]

@skipatrolkid

Will this play with any quality?

http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net/67fa0abb-724e-415e-ae8a-ac50bb9892a1.jpg

Since I bought it here on woot! back in April of 2009 and still haven’t opened them, let alone played them.

(I’m starting to like that STUFF YOU BOUGHT page…)

wow I missed out, I would love to have that in my collection. how much was it running for you remember?

[cappo]

I’ve been wanting a USB turntable to convert some of my dad’s records in the attic to MP3s before they warp/melt/implode/whatever if they haven’t already.

However… this one doesn’t seem like a good bet.

10 internets to the first person to identify the (TV Show) source of this phrase:
“I want my daddy’s records!”

[skipatrolkid]

@sm0k3

wow I missed out, I would love to have that in my collection. how much was it running for you remember?

$20.99 shipped apparently…

[thomasfromla]

@CowboyDann

1.I haven’t found this one for sale
2.I’ll look for it.
3.[youtube=_gZAhNM35lU][/youtube]

I stand by what I said. If you want to preserve your vinyl and keep it the best condition pass on this. If you’re not an audiophile, and you’re okay with middle road MP3 Quality, and want to digitize your vinyls before mailing them to me then this might do just the trick for you.

but pleease, for the love of your vinyl, one play only.

Here is a Review from Cnet

It caused me to stop searching for a user guide because of this:
*the included manual is barely worth the paper it’s printed on. So this is not a great solution for tech-challenged users.

And one last warning from this review:
The actual process of converting albums into MP3s can be complicated, as you have to manually break one long recording into individual files–or start and stop the LP (and the recording software) after each track. A little more automation would be great, and I reckon there’s software out there that’ll provide it–but it’s not included here.

My final word on this.

If you’re not super serious about your sound quality, and know your way around a computer alright, this might be perfect for you. Just remember you’ll have to edit the tracks, or have a single continuous playing CD.

Based on what I read about this turntalbe, for me (who is way to serious about music) I’d give it a 1/5. For anyone else, it’s still not very impressive and woot’s dirt cheap pricing is the only thing making me feel comfortable giving this a 3/5 at best.

Yeeha!

[CowboyDann]

@sm0k3

wow I missed out, I would love to have that in my collection. how much was it running for you remember?

Skipatrolkid is correct Here is that disney vinyl woot in case you wanted to see it, relive fond memories.

[ojohn]

If you want to break the tracks easily, record to WAV and use the FREE Windows program CDWav:

http://www.milosoftware.com/en/index.php?body=cdwave.php

This makes it very easy to split the long WAV file from an album side into the individual songs. You can eyeball it, the whole waveform from the whole LP side where you can see the silent parts, or listen to be even more accurate. Then convert the split tracks to MP3.

[melissyb]

@cappo

I’ve been wanting a USB turntable to convert some of my dad’s records in the attic to MP3s before they warp/melt/implode/whatever if they haven’t already.

However… this one doesn’t seem like a good bet.

10 internets to the first person to identify the (TV Show) source of this phrase:
“I want my daddy’s records!”

“Sanford and Son”!

[skipatrolkid]

@CowboyDann

Skipatrolkid is correct Here is that disney vinyl woot in case you wanted to see it, relive fond memories.

You could have clicked the picture too…

Just saying…

[lstaff]

@CowboyDann

1.I haven’t found this one for sale
2.I’ll look for it.
3.[youtube=_gZAhNM35lU][/youtube]

I stand by what I said. If you want to preserve your vinyl and keep it the best condition pass on this. If you’re not an audiophile, and you’re okay with middle road MP3 Quality, and want to digitize your vinyls before mailing them to me then this might do just the trick for you.

but pleease, for the love of your vinyl, one play only.

Here is a Review from Cnet

It caused me to stop searching for a user guide because of this:
the included manual is barely worth the paper it’s printed on. So this is not a great solution for tech-challenged users.

And one last warning from this review:
The actual process of converting albums into MP3s can be complicated, as you have to manually break one long recording into individual files–or start and stop the LP (and the recording software) after each track. A little more automation would be great, and I reckon there’s software out there that’ll provide it–but it’s not included here.

My final word on this.

If you’re not super serious about your sound quality, and know your way around a computer alright, this might be perfect for you. Just remember you’ll have to edit the tracks, or have a single continuous playing CD.

Based on what I read about this turntalbe, for me (who is way to serious about music) I’d give it a 1/5. For anyone else, it’s still not very impressive and woot’s dirt cheap pricing is the only thing making me feel comfortable giving this a 3/5 at best.

i guess i’ll pass on this one. THanks for all the info and advice. I would like to convert them, at some point . . .

[danbooke2001]

Being a child of the late 70’s I have seen ‘albums’ progress from vinyl, cassette, CD, the ill-fated mini-disk, all the way to MP3. But I am confused, why is vinyl still around? I don’t think I have ever purchased a ‘record’ or even know anyone that owns any. Just curious if there is a real reason it’s still around or even supported for that matter?

[chgo]

How accurate are the speeds. Are you going to hear wow and flutter?