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VIBE USB Turntable with Speakers
$15.99 + $5 Standard OR $17 Two-Day OR $20 One-Day Shipping
Condition: New

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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.

Make sure you're using your Monster USB Cable with this product.

CowboyDann wrote: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.

( 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.)

Don't let the cheap scare you, I purchased something similar to this but without the extra features as integrated speakers and it works fine. If you want to transfer music to MP3, this is not a bad way to go. Having the integrated speakers would be nice.

This is one of those times where cheap does not equal bad.

last time

there, did it myself.
or not.

actually, a similar product. not sure if it is exactly the same.

Read some reviews from Amazon and it doesn't sound like a good deal to me. Will skip this deal and hold on to my hard-earned $$$ for another day.

Compatibility: Windows 7, Vista, ME, 2000, 98SE, 97


XP isn't listed? If it works with Vista and 2000, I would expect XP to be OK as well.

Would someone take pity on me...I loved the old 78s the FIRST time around, and still have some.
Now the pity thing: what does this unit use for a phonographic needle? Be nice.

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

wisenekt wrote:This is one of those times where cheap does not equal bad.

Maybe, maybe not. I see a ceramic cartridge (not that there's any chance it could be moving-magnet at this price), so the sound quality will be somewhat worse than MP3 is on its own.

More importantly, the tracking weight is probably non-adjustable and heavy enough to damage a record on its first playing.

As the lyrics of one of the songs I have on vinyl says, "Take a chance on me." I'm in for one.

Alohamora wrote:Compatibility: Windows 7, Vista, ME, 2000, 98SE, 97


XP isn't listed? If it works with Vista and 2000, I would expect XP to be OK as well.

98SE FTW yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have one of these, the exact one. I don't use it much but it is OK. It's fine for your old scratchy vinyls and thrift shop finds. I would not play good valuable vinyl on it. It has nice sound, considering the tiny speakers, but turned all the way up it is not too loud. I mean, I wish it would play louder. It only runs from USB power. I have used an AC adapter/charger with a USB power connection, made for charging phones.

It has a cheap ceramic cartridge. Who knows what that stylus is, sapphire or diamond? But it is an LP/45 stylus, not a 78 stylus. It is not an old flipover stylus type. If you want to play 78s you will need the 78 stylus.

The replacement LP or 78 stylus will be one of these,

http://www.lpgear.com/category/IONSTY.html

just pick the one(s) that look like the one on the cartridge you get on this machine. Different runs of this unit may come with different cartridges, but the replacement styluses (styli) for either cartridge should be on that page.

bought one of these from another sale site.

Built very cheap as you would expect at this price. Has a cardboard bottom, very cheap plastic body. There are no adjustments on the player beside the 33/45 switch on the back and the tonearm as you would imagine has to be placed on the vinyl by hand. The speakers are a nice feature if you don't want to run RCA wires to your receiver. Doesn't come with much software just drivers and a copy of Audacity which is free on the net anyway.

The Manual is not the best technically, but it does tell you the basics on getting the player to record with audacity and how to 'clean up' your recorded audio.

But the important part is Does it perform?

My experience simply 'NO' -- First time playing it out the box it skipped like crazy on nearly every record I played. If it weren't for that it would be perfect for what I wanted for but I have hundreds of vinyl and I tried enough of them to come to the conclusion that this player just won't cut it. Like someone else said above if you value your records pass this deal up.

Garbage plastic turntables like this are the reason people embraced CDs. This will sound like complete crap...and this will damage your "vinyls" (so presumably CDs would be "plastics"?). I wouldn't put a record on this on a dare. This does not represent a real turntable - do not judge the entire medium of vinyl playback based on the symphony of distortion which this junk will provide.

ThunderThighs wrote:Is anyone else getting a yikes error when you post?

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.

Alohamora wrote:Compatibility: Windows 7, Vista, ME, 2000, 98SE, 97


XP isn't listed? If it works with Vista and 2000, I would expect XP to be OK as well.

I'm wondering what windows 97 is right now... I'm not sure I'd trust that very odd compatibility list.

CowboyDann wrote: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??

CowboyDann wrote: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??

yosemitemtb wrote: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.

lstaff wrote:( 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.

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.

Will this play with any quality?




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...)

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

skipatrolkid wrote:Will this play with any quality?




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?

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!"

sm0k3 wrote: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...

CowboyDann wrote:1.I haven't found this one for sale
2.I'll look for it.
3.

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:
[b]the included manual is barely worth the paper it's printed on. So this is not a great solution for tech-challenged users.[/i]

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!

sm0k3 wrote:wow I missed out, I would love to have that in my collection. how much was it running for you remember?

Skipatrolkid is correct! The Magical Music of Walt Disney, Original Motion Picture Sound Tracks with Full Color Book, for $15.99 + $5 shipping Here is that disney vinyl woot in case you wanted to see it, relive fond memories.

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.

cappo wrote: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"!

CowboyDann wrote:Skipatrolkid is correct! The Magical Music of Walt Disney, Original Motion Picture Sound Tracks with Full Color Book, for $15.99 + $5 shipping 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...

CowboyDann wrote:1.I haven't found this one for sale
2.I'll look for it.
3.

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 . . .

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?

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