by British » Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:05 am
I just bought it. Couple things:
1. Their proprietary software REQUIRES Itunes. I don't want to be railroaded into having it integrate into Itunes. Want to clean up the MP3s, tag 'em & such first before it ever hits my library.
2. Tried it on my Thinkpad laptop. There's no way I could find to just stream the output raw. What if you wanted to listen to it casually without recording? I fandangled with the "USB audio out" drop-down menu setting(The sub-device is called "mic array"), but might need further experimentation.
2a. The only way to listen & have it output to speakers is to have it record in Audacity with the "play while recording". There's about a 1.5 second delay.
3. Recording quality seems to be pretty clean, depending on how old/aged/dusty your vinyl is.
4. It auto-stops at the end of the record. Not even my Technics can do that.
5. To just have the turntable spin so you can run a brush over the record is a bit tricky. You have to put the tonearm in the zone, but have it raised. Wallah.
6. This is the low-end model, so no RCA outputs
7. Right channel is a bit more lively(ie a bit more dynamic range), just like my Technics. Ugh.
The big question is, can the cartridge be replaced? It looks kind of replaceable. I saw no mention if it in the docs.