The DAK Vinyl Record To Digital CD Music System

[ol'skinflint]

I've read glowing reviews of this music system but my experience has been quite different. I had trouble with the tutorials and several email requests for assistance were not answered (and one that I received was just as confusing to me as the tutorial I needed clarification with). Two email requests for refunds also were ignored, and even though I finally did receive a response to my request for a refund I was told that too much time had passed (well, that's why I had requested refunds earlier!). I'd advise anyone contemplating doing business with this company to think twice about it. This is why I usually avoid online and mail order purchases....you never know if the business is reputable or not, and it seems after they get your money they never want to hear from you again....

[Graham_Start]

I took a quick look at this thing from their website, and all I can say is that it looks horribly amateurish. Audacity (a freeware sound editor) looks more slick than that. And their "pro DJ turntable"? Betch, please. It's a belt-driven 1200 knock-off.

I see so many useless gimmicks like this. USB turntables, cassette-to-MP3 recorders, and other such lo-fi junk disguised as high-tech. If you just want to record vinyl to hard disk (and then CDR), you don't need a lot of fancy equipment. You *might* want to get a better spec'd sound card (like an M-Audio 2496), but even then, the sound quality on many consumer PC sound cards is good enough for most people. You just need an RCA to 1/8" cable to hook up from your receiver to your sound card input. Save your money and get a decent cartridge for your turntable instead.

One big warning is their claim that it can automatically remove all hiss and clicks without any effort. Um, no. It would inevitably strip out just as much music as surface noise. Getting decent results out of declicking and noise removal takes time and knowledge. The "one setting for all" approach will always give mediocre results.