Snowy Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Has anyone tried this? Do you need a top of the range USB turntable, or do the cheaper ones work just as well? We have inherited a huge mound of vinyl and there are some great old albums that I would love to get onto MP3. Am just wary of buying a cheap turntable and finding out I need to upgrade it because it's no good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash City Rocker Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I bought an "Ion Turntable" from Amazon fo about £50.00. It was easy to install and use. The downside to converting vinyl to MP3 is the time each track takes, you have to play each track to convert it !!! and then transfer it to iTunes, so a 3 minute pop song takes around 5 minutes to convert. I spent most of last winter coverting and album per night (about an hour each). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Cheers Clash - seeing as it's the son who has these albums, it can be his job! We will just have to be selective I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 OH did ours, it was easy enough but time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 i got my dad one from amazon and even he managed to do the converting. It was nothing flashy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
