Reddit reviews DIGITNOW USB Audio Capture Card Grabber for Vinyl Cassette Tapes to Digital MP3 Converter, Support Mac & Windows 10/8.1/8 / 7 / Vista/XP

It won't work. The USB port is only for power. It's no different that one of the wall warts that you use to charge your phone. You need create an actual digital signal with an analog to digital. Something like the link I've provided will do this. However, you still have a problem. The phono stage is in the speakers and there is no analog output out of the speakers other than the subwoofer connection, which is likely passed though a crossover to eliminate the higher frequency signal. So you'll still need a phono stage as the one you are currently using is unusable. There are digital plug-ins for Audicity that correct the equalization, but a signal boost is still recommended if you want higher fidelity. If you are only creating MP3 files, you may not need higher fidelity. But I am going to tell you straight out that his is big mistake. Creating what are commonly called needledrops is a task that is time consuming. You have to create a wave file while you are recording. The wave file can be edit as you see fit. Commonly most people remove clicks that are recorded. The absolute last thing done is in this process is creating the final compressed file like MP3 or FLAC. FLAC is lossless and the wave file can be recreated exactly from the compressed file. MP3 is lossy and conversion back to the wave form is close, but, it's not an exact recreation; some fidelity will be lost. If you go through all the effort to create an MP3 file, there is no going back. If you want higher fidelity, you have to redo the needledrop process. If you create a FLAC file from the needledrop, it's a fairly quick process to create MP3 files for portable devices. There used to be a good reason for MP3. Storage was expensive 20 years ago. Nobody had 1TB drives. Today we have faster SSD that you can buy 1TB for about $100. Or if you don't need that kind of speed, there are external HDD that cost about $50 for 2TB of space. An album at CD quality is less than a GB, so 1 TB will hold over 1000 albums. Honestly spend $50 for the 2TB external drive and create FLAC files. It's not worth your time if have to redo your efforts at a later time, for $50. Honestly what's your time worth. Most people wouldn't work for less than $10/Hour. This is 5 Hours of paid work, you would be trading thousands of hours in your free time. I've created needledrops, you are actually really quick if you can do a single album in 1 hour. It can be done, but, more than likely, it will take at least 2 hours per album. The quick way is multi-tasking, by doing your editing while recording the 2nd side of the record. But, this doesn't allow you enjoy your music while the recording is happening. I actually decided the rewards of creating needledrops didn't outweigh the time it took create them. I spent hundreds of dollars on sound cards and other equipment to create them and I still came to this conclusion. So my recommendation is to go ahead and buy the item I've linked below, it's cheap. Do a few needledrops with the plug-in. After that and you still think it's worth your time, spend money on better gear.

https://www.amazon.com/DIGITNOW-Capture-Grabber-Cassette-Converter/dp/B079CBGDST/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=analog+to+digital+audio+converter+usb&qid=1573221028&sr=8-3

Been thinking about this converter cable

DIGITNOW USB Audio Capture Card Grabber for Vinyl Cassette Tapes to Digital MP3 Converter, Support Mac & Windows 10/8.1/8 / 7 / Vista/XP https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079CBGDST/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_SAIGDbKVQXFN1


This is a digital capture card for cassettes, vinyl players, all that jazz. Hope this helps OP.