US NEWS: Sony MP3s your LPs with its new USB turntable

By Andrew Everard
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Sony has become the latest company to add a USB turntable to its American range. The new PS-LX300USB is a belt-drive deck with both USB output and a built-in phono stage, meaning it can be also be used with amps and receivers only having line-level inputs.

The $150 turntable comes complete with a moving magnet cartridge pre-installed, and offers 33 1/3 and 45rpm speeds. Also supplied in the box is Sony's Sound Forge Audio Studio software, to convert audio to MP3 and edit it on a computer.

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Andrew Everard

Andrew has written about audio and video products for the past 20+ years, and been a consumer journalist for more than 30 years, starting his career on camera magazines. Andrew has contributed to titles including What Hi-Fi?, Gramophone, Jazzwise and Hi-Fi Critic, Hi-Fi News & Record Review and Hi-Fi Choice. I’ve also written for a number of non-specialist and overseas magazines.