Which of these record players should I get?
So i've been wanting a record player for a while now and i have currently found two different ones from urban outfitters that i like that are in my price range. Both have USB connection (though that isn't that big of a deal in me deciding). The reviews say that the ion one has better sound quality and it's smaller but i like the way the crosley one looks better. I was wondering if anyone knew if the sound quality on crosley was that much worse than the ion one.
here's a link to the crosley:
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&navAction=jump&id=16215501&search=true&isProduct=true&parentid=SEARCH+RESULTS&color=01
and the ion:
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&navAction=jump&id=15695570&search=true&isProduct=true&parentid=SEARCH+RESULTS&color=00
and if anyone knows of any other turntables that are good (but i would like either a black, red, or white one)
Technics Mark IVs are the best but expensive. In your price-range, definately the ION. I have a USB ION for the purpose of transfering vinyl & cassettes (AUX) to MP3 format. The ION sounds pretty good actually. And it doesn’t vibrate badly. The Crosley, however, not only sounds ‘cheap’ (in that the bass is not very deep and the sonics are too ‘fuzzy’) and it has a bad notion to want to vibrate when you’re playing it loud. So get the ION and stay away from the Crosley. Don’t worry about ‘looks’, it’s the ’sounds’ that matter. d:-)
most of the DJs I know use Ion or Numark tables
You really don’t even need to spend that much on a USB turntable.
I got an Audio-Technica record player for my birthday a few months ago and it works great. It doesn’t look flashy like the Urban Outfitters ones, but it costs under $100 and it sounds good and is easy to use for ripping vinyl to mp3s.