20 Most Recent ION Audio Vinyl Recording Turntable - Page 3 Questions & Answers

Hi, I presume you are using the software that came with the turntable.

I know this might sound a little (whats the word now), Patronising!

I have never really heard one but i get the impressing, that it's a case of, you gets what you pays for.

If you are interested in half decent quality, i would buy a good budget turntable with a Moving magnet cartridge HeadAmp and connect that to the audio input of your sound card. Because at the end of the day it will still take you the same length of time but you will have a far superior quality sound and recording.

You see, this is where people then start saying that cd is better than vinyl because of cheap inferior turntables hitting the market.
It doesn't give the analogue source any chance against the digital domain.

I'm sorry to go off on one, but you are not the first one that has complained about these turntables having such a bad sound.

You can get a good second hand turntable on Ebay.

Just to note - Make sure your records are in good condition, because if they are scratched, finger marked or dusty, then it could well sound like muddy water.

If you think it is faulty, then I would send it back, but i would get a couple of peoples opinion first.

If you need more help, let me know please and i will do some more research for you.

always use the newest (highest) version number so in this case use the CD version of the software.

It sounds like you've connected it to the computer's MIC input instead of LINE IN input.
Check your sound card connectors. The icon for LINE IN will be an arrow pointing in to three curved lines. More-or-less like this:

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Get it online:http://www.ionaudio.com/ionttusb

Search eBay for the item and look at current bids AND completed bids that sold to get rough value. The condition also would drastically affect the value.

What's it attached to? That could be the source of the problem.

CHECK TO SEE IF YOU ARE GETTING SIGNAL ON BOTH CHANNELS OUT OF THE TURNTABLE IF ONLY ONE SIDE FAULT IS AT THE CARTRIDGE CHECK CONNECTIONS AT REAR OF THE HEAD SHOULD HAVE 4 IN PLACE

If you open the disk in My Computer how are the songs identified? For an audio cd they should be  .cda files. If they aren't then either the conversion was bad or not done at all. If they are then the disk is faulty, either itself - just burn a new one, or the file format - use another burner software.

Even simpler than that program is Audacity. You can download it free. The easiest way to accomplish what you want to do is this. Go to WalMart and buy a double male ended headphone cord for about $5 Plug one end into the headphone jack on the tape deck, plug the other end into your microphone jack on your computer. Be sure to turn down the volume to about 10% on the tape deck. This will keep the sound from becoming destorted. Press record on Audacity and start the tape. You can see it record as it plays. Then save that Sound file as the name of the song.

Depends how bad they are. If only slight then you might get away with a heavy weight on it. Protect the record with card, you might have to leave it a long time.
Warm it up somehow, don't apply heat direct to the vinyl.

Having said that I must tell you I have had no success with any I tried to rescue any of my records.

Firstly the reply is very long and is best explained as follows:

You can download a copy of the Audacity User Manual at

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/audacity-manual-1.2.pdf

also read the following article which really fills in all the other details of how to do it.

http://www.vinylrevinyl.com/2009/01/28/blasphemy-ripping-lps-to-cd/

Get yourself a new turntable. ION units are very poorly made, and the company does NOT provide any sort of after market support. Once this breaks, you cannot fix. The company does not provide any parts or support for their products.

It's meant to break, and yours just broke. More than likely the IC (Integrated Circuit) that controls the 33/45 function has been damaged - you cannot get this part.

Sorry, couldn't be of much more help.


- OPTiC
Master Tech
Digital Analog Therapy
Turntable Repair : Turntable Parts

hi, first you have to take a pre amp phono, or a mixer for your phono....to amplified the signal coming from your vinyl...please check first..tnx

I'm thinking this is 100% impossible. There is absolutely no way you can get a cassette tape to play on a turntable.

There is a raise/lower button. To lower the tonearm, the button should be in the out position.

Did you get a manual with the unit? Is it set up correctly?

When you initiate a start do you hear the motor startturning (somewhere underneath the platter)? It would be real quiet and vibration-free or it would not be very good for use on a turntable. Is the drive belt attached? See the picture in the link.

What do you mean by the STOP mechanism? What do you mean by ON position?

How many pops? How long?

Manual Motor STOP occurs when the tonearm is swung to the right onto its rest.

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As with any turntable the following advice for this one will apply:

The tonearm setup is critical for proper tracking. Do it again with extreme care if mistracking is your problem.

I found one model online and a review with some sample of music. Quite interesting...

http://www.everythingusb.com/ion_ttusb10_usb_turntable_13231.html

The author complained about some things that clearly mark him as a stranger to finer turntables. Complaining about having to assemble and position the 'rubber band', aka the drivebelt, and the tonearm counterweight shows that he underestimates the precision required for a mechanism to rotate at a constant precise speed while properly tracking the microscopic undulations of the groove without skipping into the air or gouging it to death.

Some basics when recording from a turntable...
1) Place the turntable as far from speakers as possible on a solid surface that you will not touch during the recording
2) Keep the volume low enough that airborne sounds don't cause mistracking of the stylus *
3) Avoid anything that will cause vibration or movement of the turntable. (Tip toe)
* If you have a subwoofer, turn it off.

Some advice after reading the article: don't try to save recording time by playing the discs at 45rpm. The best tracking of the disc and recording of the minute details in the grooves will be at the nativespeed of the recording. Digital manipulation later only gloms up the accuracy you probably want.

In general, the fewer the conversions steps in the analog domain, the better; and the fewer the bit rate conversions in the digital domain, the better.

Please describe the conditions under which the noise happens. Is it always the same place? Whic is it - static or some other kind of interference? Read the following. If you're using high speaker volume to monitor while recording you could experiment with identifying it as the casue by cranking it up to see if you can make it worse.
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As with any turntable the following advice for this one will apply:

The tonearm setup is critical for proper tracking. Do it again with extreme care if mistracking is your problem.

I found one model online and a review with some sample of music. Quite interesting...

http://www.everythingusb.com/ion_ttusb10_usb_turntable_13231.html

The author complained about some things that clearly mark him as a stranger to finer turntables. Complaining about having to assemble and position the 'rubber band', aka the drivebelt, and the tonearm counterweight shows that he underestimates the precision required for a mechanism to rotate at a constant precise speed while properly tracking the microscopic undulations of the groove without skipping into the air or gouging it to death.

Some basics when recording from a turntable...
1) Place the turntable as far from speakers as possible on a solid surface that you will not touch during the recording
2) Keep the volume low enough that airborne sounds don't cause mistracking of the stylus *
3) Avoid anything that will cause vibration or movement of the turntable. (Tip toe)
* If you have a subwoofer, turn it off.

Some advice after reading the article: don't try to save recording time by playing the discs at 45rpm. The best tracking of the disc and recording of the minute details in the grooves will be at the nativespeed of the recording. Digital manipulation later only gloms up the accuracy you probably want.

In general, the fewer the conversions steps in the analog domain, the better; and the fewer the bit rate conversions in the digital domain, the better.

Please describe the exact model number and what it's doing wrong (skipping, I suspect). The tonearm setup is critical for proper tracking. Do it again with extreme care if mistracking is your problem.

I found one model online and a review with some sample of music. Quite interesting...

http://www.everythingusb.com/ion_ttusb10_usb_turntable_13231.html

The author complained about some things that clearly mark him as a stranger to finer turntables. Complaining about having to assemble and position the 'rubber band', aka the drivebelt, and the tonearm counterweight shows that he underestimates the precision required to for a mechanism to properly track the microscopic undulations of the groove without skipping into the air or gouging it to death.

Some basics when recording from a turntable...
1) Place the turntable as far from speakers as possible on a solid surface that you will not touch during the recording
2) Keep the volume low enough that airborne sounds don't cause mistracking of the stylus *
3) Avoid anything that will cause vibration or movement of the turntable.
* If you have a subwoofer, turn it off.

Some advice after reading the articel: don't try to save recording time by playing the discs at 45rpm. The best tracking of the disc and recording of the minute details in the grooves will be at the nativespeed of the recording. Digital manipulation later only gloms up the accuracy you probably want.

In general, the fewer the conversions steps in the analog domain, the better; and the fewer the bit rate conversions in the digital domain, the better.

http://www.turntablebasics.com/advice.html
click the link for whole setup and system of turntable.
to repair your turntable manually and checking
click this another link
http://www.housatonicrr.com/DIY_Turntable.htm

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I also found that most of the binding in the mechanism came from slight distortion in base. I found that the hole in my layout was slightly distorting the base. I also put powdered graphite under the bridge. I smoothed some of the contact surfaces with 600 grit wet dry sandpaper.

I too, took it apart many times. I spent a lot of time working with the contact brushes to get them to keep enough tension on the contact ring. I trimmed and shaped the brushes so they would work. It was trial and error. I also found that most of the binding in the mechanism came from slight distortion in base. I found that the hole in my layout was slightly distorting the base. I also put powdered graphite under the bridge. I smoothed some of the contact surfaces with 600 grit wet dry sandpaper. I played around with different washers but I don't remember how that ended up.
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also You may have a broken solder someplace, broken wires...you'll have to do a series of continuity tests to determine where the power is dropping out from rail top to the bus wires.