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ADS Technologies RDX-150-EF Instant Music for Mac and PC | 
 enlarge | Brand: ADS Tech
Category: CE
List Price: $56.20
Buy New: $32.95
You Save: $23.25 (41%)
New (30) Used (3) from $30.55
Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 3750
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Apple MacOS X 10.x
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 7.5 x 2.5
MPN: RDX-150-EF
Model: RDX-150-EF
UPC: 757887150235
EAN: 0757887150136
ASIN: B00067TMGA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Record Your Old LPs and Cassettes to Audio CD and MP3 | | • | Save music as MP3, WAV, WMA and AAC iPod audio formats | | • | Burn professional quality CDs | | • | Capture from any audio source - cassette, turntable (with preamp), TV, radio, DVD | | • | Mac Users can use Instant Music with Garage Band or Sound Studio 2.1 |
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Product Description
Convert your old collection of cassettes and LPs into crisp, clear digital audio and then create audio CDs and MP3 CDs so you can keep a personal archive of your collection that will not degrade or deteriorate over time. Use the LP or Cassette to Audio CD Wizards in the included Nero SoundTrax software to go from LP to CD audio in 4 simple steps. ADS Tech respects the rights of copyright owners and asks that you do the same. Simply plug into USB port
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
 Works as advertised August 10, 2008
Debra Benevides
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read several reviews before I purchased this product with a common theme being the software being an issue. I had no issues with the software. Maybe they improved it. But it's very easy to use and I'm happy with my purchase.
 False advertising July 17, 2008
book buyer (Boulder, CO)
This product is advertised by Amazon as being for both PC and Mac, and it has a Mac logo on the packaging. However, as the website confirms and as I learned after opening the package (and making it unreturnable), it does not work with a Mac. They have no intention of ever making it work with the Mac.
Don't waste your money, unless you have a PC.
I tried to give it a no-star rating, but it wouldn't accept the review without at least one star. It was easy to use.
 RCX-150-EF is GREAT May 18, 2008
Louis Ramirez (Bensalem, PA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Within 20 minutes of receiving my order I was copying a Cassette. It worked so well I spent most of the day copying. It was very easy to use and did the job as it should. I only wish it could copy faster.
Seriously flawed design makes this product a shaky proposition for many users May 9, 2008
P. Kendell (Wokingham, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This product is sold as an all-in-one, plug-and-play solution for unsophisticated users. The trouble that it doesn't deliver on those terms. It cuts too many corners.
Firstly - there's no built-in RIAA preamp. Most modern stereo gear is not set up to play vinyl and so doesn't include an RIAA preamp with its all-important gain stage and frequency compensation. True, most people with record collections will have an old amp with an RIAA stage built in, but what if they haven't? What if they threw it away when they converted to CDS? Well tough, they're going to have to shell out on some extra kit before they can use this product. Never mind, they'll probably be OK with cassettes. Won't they?
Well, maybe. The other problem with this product is that there is no means of adjusting the analogue input gain. Sure, you can adjust the volume level after the sound has been digitised, but if the output of your cassette deck or your vinyl preamp is too hot the sound will be distorted and there will be absolutely nothing you can do about it. Or if it's too quiet, bringing it up to the right level will bring up the noise as well.
Now, if you've got a sound mixer (as ADS suggest in the docs) you can deal with that. But the target market for this device doesn't have a mixer. They want a guaranteed-to-work plug-and-play solution, and I'm sorry to say this product simply isn't it.
SUPPRIZE it works well March 28, 2008
Henry Buchalski
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
With some dough I was well pleased it works well as long as you get the spin it again softweare and usb connection older type is a pease of junck
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