Cool Gift of the Day
Monday, May 15, 2006
USB Turntable
What it is: A USB enabled turntable that converts vinyl to MP3.
Why we love it: There's many an old school audiophile who sniffs derisively each time a new iGadget comes out. They're not interested in those fancy MP3 players, they don't need high-tech digital gadgets to listen to their music. After all, as they will tell you, you can't get some of these great old recordings on MP3. Of course, that vinyl of theirs is pretty delicate. You had to start wondering when they had that temperature controlled vault installed in their home, and they won't even let you play most of them, for fear of degrading the grooves. Maybe it's time to update, just the tiniest bit, or at least archive. The Ion iTTUSB Turntable can help your obscure music geek preserve those great old albums, and maybe even listen to them occasionally. It's the world's first USB turntable, allowing you to convert all those great old albums to CD or MP3 as easily as you would listen to them (which of course, you would never do, because they might be damaged). All of a sudden those rare and precious albums are playable again, why, you might even convince them to get an MP3 player.
Who we'd give it to: Music Lovers, Beatles Fans, Musicians, Retro Geeks.
Where to get it: From Amazon.com for a convertable $139.95

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