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Sony PS-LX300USB USB Stereo Turntable System - Black |  | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $99.50
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Seller: Big Dave's Deals
Rating:  132 reviews
Sales Rank: 1673
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 13.5 x 15.7 x 3.9
This Does Not work with MAC Computers
MPN: PS-LX300USB
Model: PS-LX300USB
UPC: 027242731271
EAN: 0027242731271
ASIN: B0015HOFZI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | USB Audio output | | • | Fully Automatic Operation | | • | Built In Phono Preamp | | • | Static Balance Tonearm |
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Product Description
Old school becomes new school with this USB stereo turntable. You'll be enjoying your classic vinyl albums on your modern hi-fi system in no time, or easily create MP3 files to store on a PC or listen to on your portable player. Do you still have some classic vinyl? Would you like to transfer those albums to your PC, Walkman(R) music player or even your iPod(R) music player? Well now you can bring those albums into the digital world with the PS-LX300USB USB stereo turntable from Sony. Using the USB connection, you can import all that music into your computer and create MP3 files to store on a PC or bring along with you on your favorite portable player. The supplied Audio Studio software makes it easy for you to archive your music from vinyl, optimize the sound, and store it on your PC. The PS-LX300USB USB turntable is also a fully functional turntable that can connect to your current system and playback your classic vinyl albums.
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 A great little turntable that can also be used to make either MP3s or CDs with March 10, 2009
Terrence J. Reardon (Lake Worth (a west Palm Beach suburb), FL)
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
The Sony PS-LX300USB is a great record player for those who don't know where to start on record players, either that or a great replacement for their old players.
I had LPs as mainly collectors pieces for years but lost them all due to moving around from Mass to SC back to Mass to SC to FL. Then in August of 2006, I started working at an independent record store in Port Saint Lucie, FL and realized vinyl wasn't dead. In fact, it's making a major resurrection! Then I started playing vinyl at work when I couldn't find the CD counterpart to play and realized how warm and better many of the older albums sounded (I usually looked for first pressings to play as they were better sounding). Also as part of my job, if we got in records and had more than one copy for sale of, we either threw them out or salvaged some (I managed to save a few Genesis, Beatles (the Red and Blue albums) and Styx (Pieces of Eight and Paradise Theatre) LPs from the trash heap).
Then I was on a quest to look for a great record player. Crosley record player with CD burner wasn't what I wanted (though it looked great, reviews weren't great and was a no-name brand which meant system would have died in a short space of time) and then when I saw this Sony record player, I was like HMMM looks good but is it good? I checked reviews here and 4 out of 5 meant very good so I bought one and it works very well and was well worth my money.
To make sure it worked and sounded great, I tested the turntable with the 180 Gram reissue of Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same Soundtrack (which I initially bought to sell but I was like keep it and see if it sounds better than the CD) and the sound from this turntable was warm, clean and played all of the notes in right pitch (unlike some turntables where it sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks pitch) and now am on a quest for more vinyl to play every now and again.
What I also like about this system is it comes with a software to digitalize your old vinyl albums to either MP3s for the MP3 players or (in my case) CDs and can take out all of the crackling and feedback noises.
This is a great record player for those who want to either rediscover vinyl or convert to digital to preserve classic recordings.
RECOMMENDED!
Sony USB Turntable works great December 26, 2008
Vox Mortem (Wichita, Kansas, USA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I have had the turntable for a couple weeks, as of 12/26/08. It was easy to physically install via the USB cable to my PC. The software installed easily enough. I would recommend following the instructions carefully and then do a reboot before attempting to record. I have recorded about 12 albums so far. My biggest issue is that the software defaults to saving as a "wav" file, which is huge. Every time I use the software I have to remember to change to saving as an "mp3", which is a pain. You can record the whole side of an album and then the S/W detects the tracks. This works about 80% of the time. On live albums there is no quiet period between the tracks so it can't autodetect them, so you get one giant track. You can then manually cut it into tracks using the S/W, but it is a pain. I now just save as one track, import into iTunes, and use the Get Info to list the track names in the comments. Overall I'd give this an A+ for value.
Yes it works with Mac April 26, 2009
Donald Coudert (Pittsfield, MA USA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
After failing to resurrect my old, unused Philips turntable, I bought this turntable. Plugged it in to my Mac and it works fine.... I used both Audio HiJack and CD Spin Doctor... I also tried out Final Vinyl and it works fine too. So, even though Sony doesn't pack any Mac software with this, it does indeed work with a mac (OS 10.5.6 ... Unibody MacBook Pro). Make sure the Audio Input is set to the USB Audio Codec which will be present when the turntable is plugged in to the Mac. I am very pleased with the sound... Created some MP3's with it and have renewed my interest in the thousand or so LP's I had stashed away... A great turntable. Listened to some of the mp3's on my Ipod while running this afternoon... couldn't be happier!
Awesome... Very glad I bought this turntable October 4, 2009
Faye
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is way too cool!
It's super easy to set up. Software was a breeze to install. A piece of cake to record my old vinyls to my PC and burn onto a CD. It literally walks you right through the steps. Playback of the disc was fantastic.
First I recorded one of my favorite old albums and the sound was far superior than the store bought music CD's. We couldn't believe how great the sound is! So next I grabbed one of my most scratched vinyls just to put it to the test and see what it can do. I couldn't believe how well it cleaned up the clicks and pops(we can hardly hear them between tracks on this one.)
I'm finally recording all of my old albums and can quit wasting money on CD's to replace them. I highly rate this unit. Now I'm on the search for used albums. Far better sound quality from the old vinyls than the new CD's.
(I don't see what the problem is for some of you. I'm glad I ignored the bad reviews)
Excellent Value for the Money December 7, 2009
P. Billera (Brooklyn, NY)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Sony generally manufactures quality electronic products & this one won't disappoint. This is a brand I generally veer towards when considering electronics. The dual use is fantastic & I purchased it for both uses. You can easily connect it to your home stereo system with the attached RCA cables. The one disappointment was how short these connector cables were & they are already permanently attached to the turntable. Other than that, you connect & go - sound is fantastic. The arm automatically returns to the holder & the turntable stops when the album side is finished playing. The other use, of course, is the ability to record & download your vinyl into your computer and then burn it onto CD's or into your MP3 player. The enclosed software has lots of bells & whistles which I haven't quite figured out yet. For a novice like myself, you can choose to have the software automatically remove the hisses & pops found on vinyl & even out the audio before burning onto a CD. For the more experienced, there are literally hundreds of effects that you can incorporate into the recording - i.e., reverb, fading, phlange, etc. You have the option of saving the recording as a wave or MP3 file. Considering the price & ease of use, this product is a winner on both counts. The sleek design and look of the turntable is also nice - compared to some of the other turntables I looked at before deciding on this model. The others looked like big silver flying saucers. I strongly recommend this turntable overall.
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