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Crosley's cool-looking portable turntable, the Revolution, is designed, oddly enough, for portable use. It runs on batteries, has a headphone jack, and is about as small as a turntable can get. Suck it, iPhone!
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OK, it's official: Vinyl is definitely making a comeback, with turntables that bridge the world of analog with digital using built-in MP3 converters. Like this italian Nilox NX100R retro model.
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I long for the days of pops and hisses and scratches of turntables and analog sound. Nah, I lied. I'm too lazy for vinyl, unless we are talking about vinyl bras. And while most of you probably haven't ever seen a long play, if you want to buy yet another piece of craptabolous plastic that says you once wanted to be a DJ and live in Ibiza raving all day, the Dreams DJ Speaker has to be yours. Because nothing says "I'm a Cool DJ" better than a tiny $45.99 speaker shaped like a turntable, specially one with a built-in battery which can be recharged using the USB port. David Guetta will be proud. [Audio Cubes via Random Good Stuff]
Brando touts this small Eco-Power Display Turntable for displaying collectibles, anime figurines as you see here, models and such, but we would suggest using it to shoot videos of small objects, making it look like you're doing a Steadicam move arcing around them. That'll work well under video lighting, too, because this $15.90 turntable has solar panels powering its silent motor. [Brando]
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You kind of liked the idea of that TEAC turntable that could rip vinyl right into a CD (though many of you seemed to wonder why it took so long for the combo to be marketed together), so you may also want to take a looksie at ION's ITTUSB. This USB turntable is being touted as the first ever of its kind to let you instantly convert your vinyl to CD or MP3 with included recording software (no special drivers required). Basically, the ITTUSB is compatible with any software that supports USB audio input sound cards, but comes with Audacity software for Mac or PC. On the hardware side, the turntable supports 33 1/3 and 45rpm, has an adjustable anti-skating control for increased stereo balancing, supports high-speed vinyl recording, has adjustable pitch control (+/- 8 per cent) and comes with line level output that lets you connect to your home stereo with CD or auxiliary inputs. Just $139. More »
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