TEAC GF-350 Turntable / CD-Recorder

First of all, I should say that I am a vinyl junkie and am absolutely technologically stupid. I have so many records that I love dearly and (sadly) they are not available on CD. One of my co-workers had been helping me to copy some of my records onto CD for listening at the office and in the car, but it got to the point where I felt bad for taking up all his time... then a friend told me about this great record player/CD recorder...

Could there really be something out there that someone as un-tech savvy as myself could record CDs from vinyl? Yes there is! I love my TEAC 350! It makes things so easy. Just push a button and you're good to go. It really is that easy. And the CD recordings come out pretty darn good too!

This record player is fantastic and has made me really happy - not to mention it looks great with it's retro styling.

This item was ok, but my husband and I wanted a feature on the remote control, that this item didn't have. We wanted to adjust the AM/FM stereo stations and volume with the remote control. That was an important thing to us, so we decided to return it. In order to return this item to electronics-expo, once the box has been opened is very costly. You have to pay for the shipping to you (which is approx. $20.00), pay a 20% restocking fee (which in my case was $40.00) and than pay for the shipping back to them. When all was said and done, I was out approx. $80.00. How do you know if your going to like the item until you open the box and check the item out? I will never order anything from electronics-expo ever again.

I purchased the TEAC GF-350 in 2006 and I have had no troubles. I have lately been transferring a lot of my mother's old vinyl LPs to CD, and it has been a breeze.

It is simple to use: place the vinyl on turntable and a blank music cd in its slot. On the unit, select the `source' button (here, phonograph). Now, hit the `record' button: this puts it in the `pause' mode; it is not yet recording. Next, move the needle to record (which starts up the record automatically) and then hit the `play' button (which starts the actual recording). I do not bother with the automated track but use the remote control button to make tracks (the track button is in the very upper left hand corner of the remote). When side one of the record is finished hit the `pause' button (on remote or unit), flip the record, and hit `play' again (either on unit or remote). By hitting the pause button it automatically adds a track.

When you are finished and are ready to finalize the CD you do the following: for `source' press the CD button; then press the `finalize' button, then press the `play' button (all on the unit). It takes about 1 or 2 minutes to finalize (the little window on the unit will countdown to final).

To record cassettes: pull out your old cassette player (I have a Walkman). I bought the cable at Radio Shack: on one end is the plug that fits into the headphone jack of the Walkman, the other end is split in two: one white and one red, that you plug into the white/red plugs on the back of the Teac unit. For recording you simply hit the `source' button until it reads `auxiliary', and then continue with the steps above.

I agree that the resulting CD will not be as sound-worthy as those you purchase. However, my mother (age 81) has really enjoyed having all of her 1950s records on CD, and I was very glad to be able to record dozens of some specialized cassettes (lectures, mostly) onto CD (and then transfer to my Ipod by simply loading the CD into my computer, transferring to iTunes, then to the Ipod).

This produce was a big, overpriced disappointment. The sound quality is extremely poor, the turntable is rubbish, and when you record your vinyl there is no bottom end - consequently everything sound weak and tinny.

And then to top it all off, the cd drive suddenly stopped working, and has jammed with a cd inside of it. Save your money, and get one of those mp3 turntables instead, as a stand a lone unit this thing is a lemon.

Wow...and it even looks old, but works fine...they should have put an "off-on" switch on the remote though.