New Denon Turntable Rips Vinyl To USB Flash Drives
By James Grahame
The $250 Denon DP-200USB is a fully automatic belt-drive turntable that painlessly converts your records into digital mp3 files and writes them to a USB memory stick. It's a great solution for those who don't have a PC within easy reach of their hi-fi system.
The DP-200USB creates 192 kbps files only, which is a bit of a bummer for those who prefer their rips at slightly higher quality. The unit captures each side of your disc as a single long file, which can then be split and trimmed automagically using the included Trans Music Manager software (Windows Vista, XP, 2000 only). The software also retrieves artist and track information from the online Gracenote database.
As an added bonus, the DP-200USB features a built-in phono equalizer so you can connect it to an amp or mini audio system that doesn't have a phono input. It's available in snazzy silver or blasphemous black from the usual online megastores.
DP-200USB: Fully Automatic Turntable with MP3 Encoder [Denon USA via OhGizmo]
