Jensen 3-Speed Stereo Turntable with MP3 Encoding and AM/FM Stereo – JTA-450
- Concert Vinyl to MP3
- MP3 & WMA Compatible
- AM/FM Receiver with Digital Frequencey Display
- Belt Driven 3-Speed Stereo Turntable – 33/45/78 RPM
- Direct MP3 Encoding to a USB or SD/MMC Card
Convert your vinyl music collection directly to MP3 format without a computer with this direct MP3 encoding system from the turntable to a USB thumb drive or SD/MMC card. This unit contains a belt driven 3-speed stereo turntable (33/45/78 RPM) and an AM/FM stereo receiver with digital frequency display. Multiple functions allow you to repeat 1/all/folder, choose random play, skip/search forward and back, and utilize its programmable memory and bass boost. The multi-function blue back-lit LCD display makes it easy to see. Compatible with MP3 and WMA files. Comes with a dust cover, RCA auxiliary line jacks, pwer indicator, built-in stereo speakers, and remote control. Output: 2 x 1.2W RMS. Power: AC 120V~60Hz, Remote: 2 x 2025 lithium battery (included). Size: 4.75(H) x 13.75(W) x 11.875(D)…. More >>
Jensen 3-Speed Stereo Turntable with MP3 Encoding and AM/FM Stereo – JTA-450
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5 comments
James N. Ballard on October 24, 2009 at 7:35 pm
I was looking for a turntable to convert a collection of LPs to MP3 and CD. The turntable fulfills this job well. I have not tried the turntable’s internal conversion from LP to MP3. I use the audio-out on the turntable to the line-in on my computer with software on my computer to clean up the audio. I have been converting one LP to MP3 per night since I received the unit. I have had no problems with the unit and do not hesitate to recommend the turntable to those with a similar need to mine. I find the turntable’s built-in audio to be tinny but that was not a feature that I was interested in.
Jason Janke on October 24, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I bought the player with the intention of converting my childhood records to digital files so my kids could enjoy them. There was a lot of hiss from the player and when it got toward the end of the record, the turntable would slow to a halt. This happened on every record I tried to play on it.
When I got the chance to try the records on a friend’s player, they played all the way through. Unfortunately the hissing was still there until it got to the point where the Jensen stopped playing. After that point, the hissing went away. It was this way with all of the records I had tried on the Jensen which leads me to believe that the player actually damaged the original records when it was playing them.
Maybe I got the one defective player out of the batch, but I won’t buy a Jensen again.
C. Camacho on October 24, 2009 at 8:16 pm
I was simply looking forward to something I’m able to play my records on. A turntable that actually works. And, that’s what I got…sort of.
The table itself doesn’t turn on a perfect flat surface; it wobbles a little bit, which i initially thought was the cause of the problem. The problem was that the needle kept quickly jumping tracks. I didn’t think the slight wobble would give the needle this reaction, so I turned to the needle. I had a spare from an older record player so i swapped them, and the unit worked great, with the exception of one little problem: The volume was extremely quiet.
I wanted the louder sound without the jumping needle, so i bought a new needle identical to the needle that came with the unit (thinking that the original needle may have been faulty). Well, it didn’t work. The needle still jumped. So, I put the quiet sounding needle on the unit, sacrificing sound for a flawless playing experience.
What it comes down too is that the needle and cartridge on this bad-boy really sucks. I don’t know enough about record players to diagnose this problem. I tried stabilizing a penny and dime on the cartridge as the record spun, but the thing continued to jump tracks. I’m not sure why one needle will sound perfect, but quiet, while another needle will be loud, but skip all over the place.
As my research and search for a new compatible needle continues, I’m content with plugging the unit into my surround sound and pumping the volume a little in that way…but, it’s still too quiet.
C. Dingle on October 24, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Long story short: Ordered this player from Amazon. Mp3 function works. But needle shaved off powder from my records! To top it off, could not find ANY way to buy replacement needles in instructions or Jensen website! Packed up unit same day and sent it back. Purchased a primitive (but new) Califone player. Yes, it’s mono and has no mp3,bells or whistles, and weighs 19 pounds…but it plays records safely. And five stars to Amazon for the trouble free refund!
Edmund D. COHEN on October 24, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I must be like many: I have a wonderful collection of LPs going back fifty years, and a few 45s and 78s I have had since childhood. Today on my computer I work with mp3s that I pull down in various ways from many sources. I have software to edit and otherwise manipulate mp3s. I have a hi-fi era turntable that I can’t connect to the computer without acquiring a pricey preamplifier. So, I haven’t heard those LPs in a generation,
I have been a bit chilled by the software employed by various USB turntables. This device turns those phono records into 128 kbs raw mp3s, and puts those on a thumb drive. From the thumb drive, I can put them on the huge external hard drive I now have appended to my computer. I can edit and otherwise manipulate them to my heart’s content with the same software I use for downloaded podcasts, airchecks, field recordings, etc. There are several places where I can have access to record collections, but not take them off the premises. It will be easy to take this light little device to where those collections are housed, and come away with my downloaded audio on a thumb drive….