ION Audio Air LP - Vinyl Record Player / Bluetooth Turntable with USB Output for Conversion and Three Playback Speeds - Natural Wood Finish

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Update 15 Jan 2015: Ion Audio has now provided Gizmag with a few more details on the "entry level" Air LP. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we found that the overall quality was better when the turntable was connected to our speakers via wires, but it sounded perfectly fine when streamed via Bluetooth. The Evolution Audio RZ12A V3 is a 12" 1000W two way injection active speaker that has a new upgraded chassis along with improved engineering of the best selling RZ speaker series from Evolution Audio. Ion Audio has revealed precious few details about its new turntable, which is capable of playing 33 1/3, 45 and 78 RPM records, but here's what else we can tell you.As mentioned in the intro, users can rig it up to their Mac or PC using the included USB cable, and transfer their favourite records to digital files. Air LP ™ comes with our EZ Vinyl/Tape Converter software that converts records to digital files when you connect Air LP ™ to any computer with the included USB cable. Put Air LP™ where it’s convenient for you and put your Bluetooth speaker where it sounds best—the sound is transmitted wirelessly and your days of fumbling with connection cables are finally over. Perhaps the intended market is people who haven't yet moved their vinyl collections over to digital by using one of the cheap players that can be found at Brookstone.

It doesn’t let you edit the converted file, so make sure to start and stop the recording quickly, because you can’t edit out long pauses. It won’t change the face of music or knock the world off its axis, but Hell, Fire And Damnation is yet another damned fine addition. Or the painfully hip who don't even understand WHY vinyl is better, but want to be seen as cool enough to use it.The software also lacks volume normalization and repair tools to help you remove pops and crackles from older records.