May 102013
Jensen JTA-460 3-Speed Stereo Turntable with MP3 Encoding System and AM/FM Stereo Radio (Black)
- Convert vinyl to MP3 format without a computer
- MP3 compatible with USB and SD/MMC Slots
- AM/FM receiver with digital frequency
- Belt-driven 3-speed stereo turntable: 33/45/78 RPM
- Built-in stereo speakers and included remote control
- Belt Driven 3-Speed Stereo Turntable – 33/45/78 RPM
- Built-in Stereo Speakers; Remote Control
- MP3 compatible; USB & SD/MMC Slots
Convert your vinyl collection directly to MP3 format without a computer with this direct MP3 encoding system from the turntable to a USB flash drive or SD/MMC card. This unit contains a belt driven 3-speed stereo turntable (33/45/78 RPM) and an AM/FM stereo receiver with digital frequency display. It works as a stand alone music system or connects to your home stereo system.
List Price: $ 99.99
Price: $ 67.30
Awesome Deal! Still my favorite Amazon purchase to date.,
This is easily the best tech purchase that I have made on Amazon. Chose to have this baby over-nighted and received the package in less than 18 hours.
To start, This is a very attractive looking vinyl player. The back of this unit contains RCA(Red/White) outputs to hook up to an audio receiver but also has a “phones” AUX port that you can plug in directly to speakers…or headphones. After looking into an array of vinyl players I found that the majority of them lack an Aux output and are not “self powered” like this unit which contains its own speaker system(the speakers are decent, but obviously you want to hook this up to some real speakers anyway). A player with only RCA outputs requires a sound system with receiver and this can get really expensive. I am not so much interested in the recording features of this player, but have tried it and it is very intuitive. I have hardly experienced ANY skipping issues that others are claiming. The skips I have encountered have been on account of the record itself. The only issue I have had…and I am not quite sure how to explain it, but rarely a record will cut out before the end of the last song on a side. It may be related to the weight of the vinyl. A counter weight is included and while not meant for this purpose, I have found that this fixes the issue. Again, this has happened very rarely.
I have a “RCA to AUX” cable connected to the microphone input on my computers sound card and output the sound from my computers headphones port to a set of Klipsch 2.1 powered speakers and man does it sounds great. In this way, my computers sound card is acting as an audio receiver. The sound is louder, crisper and deeper sounding this way. As an added bonus, I can control the volume using my computer.
EDIT 11/27/2012: I have left the general message of my original review intact above, however, when I first wrote this review, I was outputting the sound directly to a pair of speakers. While this certainly works fine, it is just not preferable in terms of sound quality. I recommend either using this player through a PC sound card or audio receiver for optimal sound, the latter being the more expensive, but likely better option. If you are like me though and just DID NOT want to buy an audio receiver, this is a tremendous way to have your player set up. Honestly, I just cant imagine an audio receiver being much of an improvement over how I have things now, if at all.
Favorite Vinyl:
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Soul-Part-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000091DIQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1354060106&sr=8-3&keywords=hall+and+oates+greatest+hits+vinyl
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|Just what we wanted,
We were looking for a turntable that would allow us to play records we haven’t listened to in years without the hassle of a big sound system. This is perfect for our needs. Speakers are clear and strong enough for a small room. The biggest advantage is that this system uses a USB or flashcard rather than the software other systems use and customers have complained about. Reasonably priced; a great value.
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|Jensen 460,
Excellent. Converts old vinyl LP records to MP3′s without any trouble at all. All you do is plug in a flash drive or a memory card, play the record, and you have an instant MP3 copy of the record.
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