They are just Chinese turntables running through normal USB sound card ICs, as I understand it. Gain is optimized out of the box but the big benefit is convenience.
Also the software automatically splits tracks; I don't know if Audacity can do that, but I wouldn't buy an Ion for the software... Best, Tim On Feb 25, 2012 10:09 PM, "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe Macs have had decent to high end audio. I am not concerned > about the sound "card" at this point. It seems to me that the software and > its sampling rate, compression and that sort of stuff are more of a concern > than the turntable or the sound on the computer. I figured on using > audacity. > > I was just wondering if the usb turntables were markedly better or worse > than the regular turntable fed through a fair to middling receiver/amp. My > turntable is 1972 vintage Pioneer PL-12D > > > I bought an Ion for the wife a few years back and she converted a bunch of >> her vinyl collection. IIRC we bought some software ("Spin it Again"?) in >> preference to what Ion supplied. That worked ok The quality is ok on >> most >> of the files she got, but I'm sure one could do better with a good >> turntable >> hooked up through a decent preamp/receiver or such. I think the sound >> card >> in the 'puter is also a big factor. I bought an Audigy PCMCIA off eBay to >> plug into her ThinkPad for that purpose. >> >> Greg >> > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com