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ION Profile Pro Vinyl-to-MP3 Turntable with input Review

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Amazon Sales Rank: #2375 in Musical Instruments
Brand: Ion
Model: PROFILE PRO
Released on: 2013-03-01
Original language:
English
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: 16.00" h x
7.00" w x
18.00" l,
9.08 pounds

Features

Turn your records into MP3s using your Mac or PC
Connect and convert other music sources via line input
Play records on your home stereo without needing a preamplifier
Plug-and-play USB computer connection requires no driver installation
33 1/3 and 45 RPM settings

Turn your records into MP3s using your Mac or PC
Connect and convert other music sources via line input
Play records on your home stereo without needing a preamplifier
Plug-and-play USB computer connection requires no driver installation
33 1/3 and 45 RPM settings

Product Description

The Ion Audio Profile Pro is a USB turntable with contemporary, low-profile looks in a sleek, piano black finish! Let's face it; listening to your favorite vinyls is a huge inconvenience. There is absolutely no portability, and let's not even talk about sound quality! This Ion Audio Profile Pro turntable is designed to capture the music from your vinyl records and turn it into portable, flexible, digital MP3s that you can enjoy at home and on the go. Now you can listen to all those favorite songs, and relive your memories wherever you go, thanks to Ion Audio Profile Pro!The Profile Pro turntable is an music-conversion system based on a multi-speed USB turntable with a dust cover. The turntable has simple USB output that enables you to capture music from records onto your computer. ION's EZ Vinyl/Tape Converter software assists you in creation of flexible MP3 files you can listen to on your computer, load onto your iPod, or record to CD. Profile Pro also has a line input so you can plug in virtually any other music source and turn it into MP3s – tape decks, MiniDiscs, and most any other format.When not converting records, you can also enjoy your classic vinyl records using PROFILE PRO as a standard record player.

Customer Reviews

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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful.
LPs transfer with ease
By M. Kabakoff
Rec'd this turntable for christmas and haven't stopped using it. It does exactly what it was made to do, convert vinyl to mp3s or cds. I don't understand why someone would buy this item to be used as a turntable to listen to their records. The product is a USB turntable to Convert. Oh well, the only part I wasn't thrilled with was having to download itunes software. The "ez vinyl" that comes with this transfers the recorded media to itunes. Not a problem, I just dragged and dropped to windows media player and either burned cds or sync to my mp3 player (it is not an ipod). The additional software in the box, "audacity" took out the clicks and cracks without much work on my part. You can also convert 78's with the audacity software.This item looks great (with it's smooth black piano finish) and so far has done a wonderful job. I can finally get some real oldies transfered to my mp3 player. I can honestly say this is the best gift I rec'd this year and recommend it highly.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Worth It! Simple. Intuitive. Great Audio. No need for anything fancier.
By Pete M
Unless you're a high tech audiophile, this is all you need. It makes the process of converting vinyl to mp3 very easy. It's great when a product is not over-thought. It is easy to record one song, or an album side. The songs go into itunes automatically. The software allows you to choose the quality of the recording in kbps.The only downside is that the editing software recommendation - Audacity (freeware) - doesn't save files back to the original file location. You have to do a "save as" and look for itunes folder by artist/album. But Audacity is a simple tool to remove dust/scratches at the beginning and end of a song. Its easy to fade out songs to minimize record noise.Word of warning: The turntable can pick up ambient vibration from footsteps and even conversations, so find a quiet place to record. (I was wondering what the background voice was on the beginning of a track, until I realized it was me talking to my wife.)Also, turn off all computer alerts cause the "dings" and "chirps" get recorded too when they go off.One last little complaint - the lever that lifts the needle off the record moves the arm, so its not a very precise up and down.Other than that, you're good to go. I just wish I had kept my vinyl in better condition. But I never thought 25 years ago that I'd be doing this.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Not Right For Me
By RiverRat
Let me start by saying that this is a beautiful turntable. The piano black finish is elegant looking. That said, I only kept this turntable a few hours and returned it. No matter what I did or how closely I followed the instructions I could never get the sound to come through the speakers of my computer. (Windows 7) I could live with that if the player had a headphone jack but it does not. I could never get the records to copy to iTunes either. Maybe it was user error, or maybe I got a defective unit. All I know is, it was turning out to be much too difficult and too much of a headache for the simple converter I was looking for. I returned this one and bought a different turntable by a different manufacturer and I am very happy with it.