ION's LP 2 FLASH records LP straight to flash

by Darren Murph, posted Sep 11th 2008 at 3:00AM

When dealing with product names like FTD-HD2232HSR/BK, it's quite refreshing to come across something such as this which explains itself so well. ION's LP 2 FLASH turntable does exactly what you think it does -- it transfers your old records directly to a USB flash drive, SD card or computer without any additional equipment. It even detects the gaps between tunes and creates individual tracks accordingly. It's available now for £130 ($228), though we think that flight to the UK might just kill the deal.

[Via MusicRadar]

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Tags: flash drive, FlashDrive, ion, LP2 FLASH, Lp2Flash, music, now available, NowAvailable, turntable, uk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Muhammed @ Sep 11th 2008 3:07AM

I have to say I love the idea, don't have any records that old though, but my mom could use one of these.

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erhan @ Sep 11th 2008 3:14AM

Good For DJ's
One can put there hard to find tracks on a sd card or usb and use there cdj1000 and mix.
that is if they dont want vinyl.

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dssstrkl @ Sep 11th 2008 4:02AM

Ummm, you can get Ion stuff in the US, seeing as how they're based here. Don't check ion-audio.com or anything...

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Boing @ Sep 11th 2008 4:13AM

I have a 3 year old I-river H320 that can encode on the fly, just plug any sound source into the line in and hit record, instant mp3. Good for ripping 70's tv theme tunes for phone ring tones but obviously the audio quality is 70's too.

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LondonConsultant @ Sep 11th 2008 4:15AM

No way I'd buy one of those. Spent years building my CD collection. Starting again with LPs would cost a fortune, plus only a few places sell them any more.

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anantha92 @ Sep 11th 2008 5:14AM

I believe the intention for the product is to transfer your current LP collection to digital. This doesn't mean you have to buy a whole collection of new long play records...

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Atilla @ Sep 11th 2008 5:59AM

@London Consultant

No ones asked you to buy one, or start a new record collection.

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Mark @ Sep 11th 2008 7:38AM

i believe there was more than a touch of sarcasm in the comment

don't worry LC, made me smile

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bebop @ Sep 11th 2008 5:49AM

I was about to badmouth this and make a snotty comment about the sound quality, but if you had a PMP that took SD cards and a large collection of crappy LPs that were just fun to listen to sometimes I could see it being useful.

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kfdjhghtklr @ Sep 11th 2008 6:24AM

It's really sad too see how the turntable technology has basically reverted from 70/80s peak performance and quality built high precision consumer devices back to 50s sound standards, but with even worse chinese quality and plastic. People have become so lazy nowadays that they settle for any c**p. It really isn't that difficult to get a second hand proper turntable and an amp with a phono input next to your pc. The result is totally worth that little trouble.

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GETYOID @ Sep 11th 2008 9:12AM

You're speaking to people who think the quality of these MP3 players is something along the lines of God's gift to music. People do not care about quality anymore. People put up with crap all the time these days. It IS very sad.

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i_am_rich @ Sep 11th 2008 6:27AM

great! Gonna buy one - recording with my old Creative Nano is a pain in the tuchus

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I_am_JIM @ Sep 11th 2008 6:42AM

Just a quick note to people in the UK shop around you can get it on line cheaper at QVC...£121 + pp, every penny(cent) counts :o)

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GETYOID @ Sep 11th 2008 9:08AM

The previous version SUCKED, so this version shouldnt be much better.

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Boarderwoot @ Sep 11th 2008 9:21AM

I'm pretty sure I saw something very simmilar to this in a SkyMall magazine about two years ago...

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johnsmith @ Sep 11th 2008 9:21AM

A decent stylus would cost that much. No Thanks. I have to swim through too much chinese made garbage already.

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nathan.wong @ Sep 11th 2008 9:39AM

If they're going to make a turntable why not go all out and make it a linear, direct drive one? It's like all the R&D that went into making the ultimate turntable in its hayday has gone out the window. Very sad.

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Klakerbiz @ Sep 11th 2008 9:44AM

Anybody who buys this is not to bright...
I just recently bought an item from iKey-Audio, the iKey Plus. The iKey Plus makes this item useless. I can record my vinyl directly to my iPod or usb key or even a hard drive if i wanted, i cant see anybody buying this unit.

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