Ion LP 2 Flash Turntable Does What it Says

If you are a member of Generation X or older, or if you are into old-school storage media from the 1900s, you might want to have a look at the Ion LP 2 Flash Turntable. If a boombox from Sony that accepts iPhones and iPod Touches as though they were last-century audio cassettes isn't enough for you, then you might also be someone who should consider the Ion LP 2 Flash Turntable. Of course, if you hate vinyl records, then don't bother. But if you love vinyl records and you enjoy modern technology then definitely check out the Ion LP 2 Flash Turntable.Sorry, you're probably tapping your fingers waiting for the point of this post to become apparent. Well, here it comes.The Ion LP 2 Flash Turntable allows you to not just play vinyl records, but it will record them for you directly to flash cards, flash drives, and to USB-based external drives.Yeah, pretty sweet, huh?If you're like a lot of gadget addicts you have a healthy respect for technology that has come before. You might even have an unhealthy obsession for old-school tech. Either way, there's no point in not being able to listen to your old vinyl while on the go, so why not transfer it all to digital? The Ion LP 2 Flash Turntable has an SD card slot if you're really in a hurry to get those songs digitized. According to the product image (above) the Ion LP 2 Flash supports SDHC cards as large as 32GB. That means you can convert quite a few records before swapping out that card.It also has a USB port that you can plug a thumb drive into. Logically, a USB external drive can be used, as well. The important thing to note about this is that what you don't need to convert records to digital is a PC. This is particularly nice since it means Windows, Mac or Linux people can take full advantage of this thing.The other really nice feature is that it has a mini-headphones jack input port on the front of the device for easy access. This port means that you can feed any kind of audio into it from just about any source.Pricing and availability hasn't been announced at the Ion LP 2 Flash Turntable's official product page at Ion-Audio.com but at least this article at Harmony-Central.com seems to think it's currently available but only in the UK. Based on the prices for other, similar devices at Ion-Audio.com, however, it would probably be safe to assume that it'll price in at around $100.