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USB Cassette Deck: Trip Down Memory Lane

Remember the ole Ion USB Turntable… the cute little gadget that allows you revive your aging vinyl records and transform them digitally into kickass MP3 files. Kinda obvious that the crackly audio cassettes were outcasted since shiny new technology refused to play them anymore… Sigh … Well not anymore!Now Ion released a gadget that specifically plays cassettes!

Over at ThinkGeek the geeky brains developed the the USB Cassette Deck. This lil baby not only plays cassettes over USB ports, it helps you convert low tech data stream from your magnetic media into high end formats for playback on your ipod and whatnot. Plus you can copy your stash to CDs!

The droolworthy Ion USB Cassette Deck comes bundled with EZ Tape Converter by MixMeister, which converts your audio cassette recordings directly into iTunes. In just a few mouse clicks, you’ll be up and running with digital versions of your tapes.

Product Features

Quickly transfer music on your tapes to MP3 format on your computer
Dual dubbing cassette deck
LED Audio Level Indicators
“A” Deck for cassette playback only. “B” Deck can play and record.
Copy from one cassette to another at regular or high-speed
Metal and CrO2 tape selector
PC and Mac compatible
Audacity (Mac and PC) and EZ Tape Converter (PC) recording software included
Plug and Play USB compatibility with both Windows (XP, 2000, Vista) and Mac OS X
Packaged with all necessary cables to interconnect with both a computer and stereo playback system