For Converting Your Vinyl or Cassettes to CD

[originalbigm]

Here is a new device which appears to make the entire process of recording to your hard drive a breeze.Anyone familiar with it?The price seems quite reasonable for what it purports to do.

http://www.xitel.com/product_inport.htm

[QUINNY]

OriginalBigM: Be wary. 30 feet of unbalanced cable is not going to do the signal any favours (even at -10dB level). Far better to go for as short a length as possible.
Otherwise, haven't boxes like this been around for ages?
It will certainly save a lot of frustration if nothing else.

[originalbigm]

I don't know this is the first one I've seen that circumvents the method by which you connect through the soundcard.It appears to be a new inovation.The company has a long time reputation of providing other quality high end components.So I was curious as to whether or not someone was familiar with this piece of hardware.

[Bernie]

I don't know this is the first one I've seen that circumvents the method by which you connect through the soundcard.It appears to be a new inovation.The company has a long time reputation of providing other quality high end components.So I was curious as to whether or not someone was familiar with this piece of hardware.

No, it's not new. It's simply a low cost USB audio interface, which others have made. It's a clever repackaging aimed at those who want to copy their vinyl onto CD with the least amount of hassle.

[BrunoRepublic]

Agreed, proper soundcards with breakout boxes have been around for ages. And a good PCI soundcard like the M-Audio 2496 will still give excellent results, even though it is internal.