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Ion TTUSB10 USB Turntable

For those of you with vinyl music collections, making the transition to digital music can be frustrating and expensive. You could purchase digital versions of your albums from online music retailers such as iTunes, eMusic, or Amazon--but who likes paying for music they already own? Another option would be to...

Tags: digital media, digital music, ion ttusb10, turntable

Product reviews 2007-12-05

Sony PS-LX250H fully automatic turntable

Maybe you have a stash of old records in the attic. Perhaps your favorite band started pressing vinyl. Whatever the reason, if you're ready to pick up a turntable, the Sony PS-LX250H ($100) is a great starter model you can use with any receiver, home theater in a box HTIB,...

Tags: sony ps-lx250h, turntable, sony corp.

Product reviews 2006-02-06

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Final Vinyl (dmg)

Audio application that allows users to easily record their collection of old vinyl records using just the Griffin iMic and their turntable. Previously users wishing to record their old record collection had to hook up their entire stereo system just to power their turntable. Now users can connect the record...

Tags: griffin technology inc.

Software downloads 2008-04-14

VIRTUAL DJ PROPHET - TURNTABLE MIXING STUDIO (zip)

Mix MP3, WMA, WAV on 2 Virtual DJTurntables, also Dub Vocals and Record Mixes. Features 2 Virtual Turntables, Beatmatching, Scratching, Mixer, Playlist Editor, Sampler, CD Burner, CD Ripper, Recorder, Aux-In Channel, 2 Stunning Effects, Voice Over system, Media Pool, Media Search Utility, Wave Editor, Audio Clip Export, BPM Detection and...

Tags: cd, pcm software, business process automation, operational planning, digital music, digital media, it operations, business operations, personal technology, consumer electronics

Software downloads 2008-03-19

Toshiba drops HD DVD

Toshiba drops HD DVDWhich is next?At last, a useless costly format war is over. Thank God. I wonder which will be the next useless format war? Industries never learn... And we, consumers, pay the price.Greetz, Pjotr.It's over!And the winner is.. well, still no winners, I think. The HD players was...

Tags: hd dvd, blu-ray, consumer electronics, hd-dvd, blu-ray disc, dvd, dvd price, toshiba corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including a gaming laptop, an adorable turntable, and a gadget to back up cell contacts. by CNET News.com

Tags: photograph, games, notebooks, personal technology, hardware, notebooks & tablets, cnet news.com

Image galleries 2008-02-09

Ion iPTUSB USB Turntable

The Ion iPTUSB ($149) is a portable turntable with an impressive amount of features, including a direct USB output for archiving your vinyl to your PC. Whether you're a seasoned crate-digger or a vinyl holdout looking to downsize your hi-fi, the Ion iPTUSB strikes a great balance of portability,...

Tags: ez vinyl converter software, pt-01, ion iptusb

Product reviews 2008-02-07

Here's what fake HD video looks like

Here's what fake HD video looks likesad but trueI think the quality levels achieved by vinyl and cd could be historical anomalies; even with great source material the majority of people always choose to murder it with crappy equipment. Why spend money on a decent turntable/cd player, amp and speakers...

Tags: digital music, digital media, cd, xm satellite radio inc., kbps, apple ipod, hd radio

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

Vista MP3 Recorder (exe)

Vista MP3 Recorder is a easy-using and high quality software for a complete recording. With this you can record your own voice by microphone and the audio from your computer( played by Web casts from the Internet, Winamp, Windows Media Player, Quick Time, Real Player, Flash, games) as well as...

Tags: recorder, microsoft windows vista, vista mp3 recorder, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), digital music, digital media, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, personal technology, consumer electronics

Software downloads 2007-12-17

A rational debate on Comcast traffic management

A rational debate on Comcast traffic managementExcellent explananation!Your explanation and rationale make sense. Although I've had nospeed problems with my Comcast cable internet service (it seemsto run as fast as my employer's corporate lan) I am left a littledisappointed with the less than lightning fast page loads that the"advertising...

Tags: cable, comcast corp., bandwidth

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

The paradise of infinite music

The paradise of infinite musicAudiophilesAudiophiles do not appreciate dreadful sounding 192Kbs, which is no where near CD quality, which is more like 750Kbs after lossless compression, actually 1410Kbs before compression. Even this is nowhere near true audiophile qualities, CDs don't sound anything like good quality analogue, and SACD and...

Tags: guess it, infinite music, music, khz, paradise

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

GoldWave (exe)

GoldWave is a professional digital audio editor. It is one of the most popular and highest rated audio editors for Windows. Use it to play, edit, mix, restore, and analyze audio, or apply special effects, such as fade, equalizer, doppler, mechanize, echo, reverse, time warp, noise reduction, pop/click filtering, and...

Tags: audio, wma, digital audio, goldwave, digital music, digital media, personal technology, consumer electronics

Software downloads 2007-10-13

Mini PC cottage industry, is dead at 6

Mini PC cottage industry, is dead at 6What real world usesWhat real world uses are there for mini pcs? 69 dollars is a pretty sweet price.another victim of the wintel cartelThese monopolies are reducing our choice of PCs and ripping us off.Should give mini-pc industry a real boostLooks like a...

Tags: mini-pc, industry, cpu

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

(Cracking open the Ion USB turntable)

Cracking open the Ion USB turntableDo they include stylus Spec.s? ntDo they include stylus Spec.s? ntAudio Specs?How good is the translation from analog vinyl to-USB-MP3?Specs? Yeah, inexpensive.When a record groove has micron-level details to impart on a cartridge stylus, the important specs are how much bearing slop exists in the...

Tags: stylus, ion usb turntable, spec.s, cracking open

Discussion threads 2007-09-13

News to know: AMD vs Intel; GoogleDrive.com; Microsoft search tweaks

Notable headlines: George Ou: AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough? Paul Murphy: Barcelona, Tigerton, and the T2. Garett Rogers: Google secures GoogleDrive.com and updates name servers. Review:  Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse. Harry Fuller: IBM:...

Tags: apple iphone, google inc., hypervisor, virtualization, microsoft corp., advanced micro devices inc., intel corp., larry dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Cracking open the Ion USB turntable

Watch and learn as TechRepublic dives into the innards of a vinyl-to-MP3 turntable. by CNET News.com

Tags: ion, innards, usb, cnet news.com

Image galleries 2007-09-12

M-Audio Torq Mixlab

If you're looking to dip your toes into the waters of digital DJing, the M-Audio Torq Mixlab package ($129) is a smart way to go. The package gives you a scaled-down "LE" version of their Torq DJ software and a beefy USB hardware controller. Used together, the Mixlab package is...

Tags: tools & techniques, digital media, digital music, torq le, torq conectiv, m-audio, torq le software, mixlab, mp3 dj, software

Product reviews 2007-08-01

Hercules Mobile DJ MP3

First impressionWhen the Hercules Mobile DJ MP3 arrived in our office, we chuckled a little at the package and wrote it off as a bit of a novelty. After taking it out of the box, installing the software, and turning the thing on, we were quite surprised that the Hercules...

Tags: tools & techniques, digital music, digital media, hercules, hercules mobile dj mp3, software, mp3, dj mixer

Product reviews 2007-06-11

2007 Honda S2000

Photo gallery:2007 Honda S2000The 2007 Honda S2000 isn't terribly practical--it uses a classic two-seat roadster design--but it is terribly fun. It doesn't have much in the way of cabin tech, but we love driving it. The S2000 is a pure sports car, made for winding roads rather than the daily...

Tags: honda s2000, tight turn, honda motor co.

Product reviews 2007-06-04

(Images: Alphabet makes words colorful)

(Images: Alphabet makes words colorful)I can see what's coming next......an image of, for example, Shakespeare, where the individual pixels spell out all of his plays--a cool problem in identifying a chroma-to-character mapping that achieves that effect.Not so hot if you are colorblind...If the statistics I've seen are accurate, 10% of...

Tags: alphabet, kmail

Discussion threads 2007-05-30