Grace Digital Audio GDI-PA40T1S PC Recordable Turntable for USB to PC Recording
PC Recordable Turntable for USB to PC Recording - Turntable for USB-PC recording of your vinyl records. Free Audacity software for editing your recorded tracks. 3-speeds (33-1/3, 45, 78 rpm). Ceramic pick up. Auto tone arm reset. One-touch Play/Stop control. Built-in RIAA equalizer. RCA Line-out to connect to stereo system. USB connection for direct download to your PC. Transparent plastic dust cover, silver case with rubber turntable platter.
Review by SB from :
This is my first turntable, so I have no basis for comparison on quality. The device is functional with my particular breed of hardware and software. I'd recommend making sure that you can use the RCA inputs with your PC, given that the USB recording may not be functional.
The USB stream was not recordable as far as I could tell. I didn't bother to troubleshoot that issue, because the RCA inputs worked on my PC. The recording was then recognized in the Audacity application, as well as my EZ Audio transfer and restoration kit (which I used instead). 33RPM records played fine on the turntable, but with a slightly warped spin which may have been attributable to the records, themselves, although all of them did that on a level surface.
The bottom line is that everything worked in its own special way, and it was very gratifying to transfer and edit a recording previously unavailable on CD!
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Review by DK from TN:
I was deciding between this turntable and the highly regarded Audio Technica AT-LP2DUSB. I chose the Grace product because it can supposedly play 78's, even though no reviews were out at the time. After many hours of wasting my time, I had to send it back.
1) The turntable looks cheaply built. It is.
2) There were problems with the auto-return feature. Sometimes the auto-return didn't kick in, and I even had problems getting the eject button to work reliably. Even worse was the fact that it eventually kept kicking in before songs were over. This happened at the same point on a number of different records.
3) The included USB cable was defective. Of course it took me a couple of hours to figure this out.
4) The CD with the Audacity software was a mini CD, meaning that it won't play in many CD-ROM drives. Fortunately it can be downloaded, but this is indicative of the lack of thought that went into this product.
1) The turntable looks cheaply built. It is.
2) There were problems with the auto-return feature. Sometimes the auto-return didn't kick in, and I even had problems getting the eject button to work reliably. Even worse was the fact that it eventually kept kicking in before songs were over. This happened at the same point on a number of different records.
3) The included USB cable was defective. Of course it took me a couple of hours to figure this out.
4) The CD with the Audacity software was a mini CD, meaning that it won't play in many CD-ROM drives. Fortunately it can be downloaded, but this is indicative of the lack of thought that went into this product.
Review by Peter P. Farina from Las Vegas,NV:
the turntable came and it did not work after a lot of trouble I said I wanted to return this item Company said OK but I will have to pay the shipping (not a good way to get coustmers.
Peter
Grace Digital Audio GDI-PA40T1s PC recordable turntable for USB To PC Recording
Peter
Grace Digital Audio GDI-PA40T1s PC recordable turntable for USB To PC Recording