Many people nowadays love more than one thing. So here are some gifts I found for people that love both music and technology. No more living in a Yellow Submarine or wandering aimlessly through Strawberry Fields. Just take a hike up Penny Lane and drop a Whole Lotta Love on that special someone this season. Warning, these pricetags are not for the faint of heart. What do you expect when you mix music and technology?

- Ion USB Turntable - Wha? I can take my scratchy vinyl and completely transfer it to my computer? How cool is that! Nick, you NEED THIS BUDDY! This Plug 'n' Play USB turntable can digitize your treasured vinyl LP collection so you can listen to it on your computer. The turntable includes software to edit and cleanup your digitized audio files and it can be connected to your stereo system and used as a standard turntable as well. Includes felt slipmat, 45-rpm adapter, line level RCA cables, USB cable and recording software on CD-ROM. Requires Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP or Mac OS 9+. MP3 recording requires third-party encoder, not included. ($139.00)



- CD Carousel Plus Black Special Edition - When you have so many CDs you don't know what to do then you need to start stacking them into a carousel that can organize and database all your CDs. The Meda Carousel Plus organizes 150 discs and can automatically serve up any in seconds! Use the keypad to retrieve discs or use the USB connection and software to build a searchable database on your computer... one click and a disc is called up! A built-in single port USB hub in the Media Carousel Plus lets you connect another Carousel or other USB accessory, such as a mouse or scanner, without an additional hub. Requires Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP or Mac OS 10.2.2+. ($139.00)



- "Plusdeck2c Pc Cassette Deck, Tape To MP3" - Crank up the Jethro Tull my friends because it's time to put all those mix cassettes from high school back to work one more time. Bust out those Duran Duran and Motley Crue cassette tapes and convert them into MP3 audio files with the Plusdeck2. The Plusdeck2 mounts in a 5.25" drive bay and works seamlessly with your PC to play and digitize audio tapes. Using MP3 compression, you can convert the music or audio from 25 cassette tapes or more into less than 700MB of files: that would fit on a single CD-R! Requires PC with sound card with line-in and line-out ports, an RS-232 9-pin serial port (or adapter), 5.25" drive bay, empty PCI slot panel and Windows Me/2000/XP. Cassettes not included. ($139.00)



- Ads Instant Music W/ Nero Software - Not nearly as cool as the above items but still more than useful. This allows you to digitize any analog audio source, it just looks boring. Use the ADS Tech Instant Music Audio Digitizer and any USB equipped computer to convert analog audio sources to digital files... it's a great way to preserve vinyl records, cassette tapes or radio programs. Save your recordings as WAV, MP3, WMA or AAC file formats for playback or create audio CDs. Instant Music can digitize any analog audio source, including your TV, VCR, tape deck, reel-to-reel, phonograph, radio... even a microphone. Instant Music doesn't require a sound card or expensive studio equipment. Just plug it in and you're ready to capture Instant Music! Includes 6' USB cable, 6' RCA audio cable, CD with PC digitization and CD burning software. Requires Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP or Mac OS X. CD creation requires disc burning device. Use on a Macintosh requires digitization software such as Apple GarageBand or Felt Tip Sound Studio 2.1, not included. Pre-amp required for phono audio or turntable.($49.99)



- Ion Idj Ipod Mixing Console - I cannot possibly see what someone would need this for, but I know cool when I see it and this is cool to the Nth.The iDJ mixing console mixes output from 2 iPod® players (or any 2 audio devices), allowing you to stream non-stop noise to your stereo system. Use the jog wheel to cue up tracks on one iPod while the other is actively playing... then seamlessly cross-fade from one to the other. Control every aspect of the mix using full iPod controls, cuing headphone jacks, channel equalizers, cross faders and mic- and audio-in jacks. Easy to learn and use, the iDJ is great for dance parties or social events like weddings or office parties. Includes AC adapter. iPod players not included. ($159.00)





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