"Useful in getting vinyl that I didn't or couldn't replace with DVDs into iTunes, and in that way,makes those albums 'new again'.

What's great is that it is a stand-alone turntable that has its own little speakers and does not have to be hooked up to either my stereo system OR my computer to work. Just plug in a flash drive or an SD card and play the record.

What isn't as great is that 1)You discover on your own that you need to turn the Auto Stop off. Otherwise every record you record gets the end messed up, because the turntable literally grinds to a halt in the middle of the final song. Until you figure this out, you think you have a faulty unit on your hands. (And this is true of BOTH albums and 45s.)

2) It's too hard to do each song of a full-length album separately--the way the owner's manual directs you to do, because it's too hard to manually put the needle down manually just right between tracks every time. (There is a cheap fix for this last problem. You can record a whole album side at a time, and THEN download a shareware program called MP3 Trimmer to help you divide your file up into individual songs. Neither iTunes nor Toast does this.) This problem took me some time and research to solve.

Once the user solves these two problems, this becomes a nice little item to own, particularly for the price

PS One more hint--wait till BOTH the USB AND the REC rectangle are flashing BEFORE you put the needle to the record--or else you'll cut off the beginning of the record, because it won't be encoding yet with just the USB icon flashing."

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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