Need To Save Your Tapes or Records? Burn to CD with the Crosley Songwriter CR 249
Filed under: Computers, Home Audio | By: Ryan
Posted on: July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment
For all you people out there that hate new technology or just can’t be bothered to buy it, why are you reading this? the Songwriter CR249 is the product for you. About $250 less expensive than it’s older brother, the Songwriter CR248, is by no means any less useful.
The Crosley company, which has been around for as long as vinyls themselves, has made these two record player/recorders that easily and quickly record all of your old discs and tapes directly to a CD, for the convenience of the consumer.
The only difference between the 248 and the 249 is that the 249 doesn’t have a CD player. Instead, you put the USB cable in the back of the 249 player which, with the help of the included software, lets you record your vinyl records and tapes directly to the computer. At just $149, I really consider this a must-have item for anyone old with a mature taste in music.
UPDATE from Whitney Wright of Crosley
The CR249 is called the Keepsake USB Turntable. It is quite different from the CR248 Songwriter CD Recorder. The CR248 records cassette and vinyl to compact disc, has a AM/FM radio, remote control, and 3-speed turntable all encased in a wood cabinet. The CR249 is a 3-speed turntable that comes complete with USB technology and software encased in a vinyl wrapped cabinet. The CR249 does not burn your vinyl directly to compact disc. This unit must be hooked up to a computer and the music is put on the computer with the software that comes with the unit. After this is complete you can then burn you music from you computer to compact disc.
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The problem with the CR-249 (at least the one I got) is that the auto-on feature that turns on the motor when you swing the tone arm over ACTUALLY forces the tone arm to be about a half-inch into the album (12″), causing you to miss most of the first song on any given album. Sad.