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| Audio Technica AT-LP2DUSB LP-to-Digital Recording System with USB | 
 enlarge | Brand: Audio-Technica
Category: CE
List Price: $199.95
Buy New: $84.99
You Save: $114.96 (57%)
New (58) Refurbished (1) from $69.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 269
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
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:
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MPN: AT-LP2DUSB
Model: AT-LP2DUSB
UPC: 042005150076
EAN: 0042005150076
ASIN: B000UKUDSE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great turntable for the price September 6, 2008
I've been using this turntable now for 5 months. Audio Technica promptly replaced my original unit due to a defect, the replacement has worked just fine. I use it for transferring old vinyl LPs to mp3s. I decided to use Audacity software for this (rather than the software that came with the unit) because I've used Audacity before and found it to be quite powerful; I expect that the packaged software would be fine as well. This is a great turntable for the price. The mp3 files sound just fine, very good fidelity... of course I have to deal with skips and clicks and noise from the vinyl but generally the resulting mp3s are quite good. If I was solely looking to play vinyl LPs on my stereo I would buy a different unit with more features, but for transferring vinyl to mp3s this one does the trick.
Fits the Bill September 6, 2008
See the review by Juniorverse1 dated October 23, 2007. He provides details on the turntable and gives a good review. I would have liked the unit to have rpm and tone arm balance controls, but those are minor issues.
I will add some information about software for clean-up of files once on the computer (I am using an HP laptop running on Vista). Once a file is downloaded it needs to be cleaned of cracks, hiss, noise, hum, clicks, etc. Cakewalk is of marginal use. Use Audacity to download the wave file so you can listen to lp at the same time. Then use a $[...] program called Wave Repair ([...]) to do a detailed cleanup. It is one of the best audio editor programs around (better and easier to use than the standard editors such as Gold Wave or Sound Forge). Like anything new, it takes awhile to learn its capability, but once learned it allows you much control over the file. Once the file is edited and saved as a .wav file it can be changed into different file formats by Audacity for downloading onto a variety of devices.
So, to summarize, the Audio Technica does all it is suppossed to do. The rest is up to you in terms of how detailed you want to get for file cleanup. Use of the two software programs noted above can lead to a pristine sound even if the lp record itself is full of scratches and low level noise.
initial software configuration can be tricky September 2, 2008
The turntable itself is great, has more than adequate sound quality. The Pyro software more than provides all of the editing features necessary - though the initial installation instructions are a bit confusing.
 Works great August 29, 2008
Does just what they say it does. Now I have around 5,000 LPs to convert. Might take a while!
Great turntable, easy to set up and use with XP August 28, 2008
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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