Ion Audio Vinyl Motion Portable Suitcase Turntable
- Suitcase turntable with a rechargeable battery that an Amazon reviewer says lasts nine hours on a charge
- Can connect to bigger speakers (not included) via 3.5mm or RCA outputs if you want bigger sound
- Can rip records to MP3 with the included USB cable and ripping software
- Vinyl everywhere all the time
- Model: IT45 (great model number except for Google confusion with an Irish tax credit, an industrial forklift tire, and an Italian sea-level monitoring station)
Just don't call them "vinyls".
You know what’s cool? Records. You know what’s even cooler? Records played on a sharp-looking record player. You know what’s even cooler than that? Records played on a sharp-looking record player that you can listen to anywhere you go.
It’s an obvious upgrade: add a rechargeable battery to a classic suitcase-style turntable. Now it actually makes sense to carry it around.
This Ion Audio Vinyl Motion Suitcase Turntable recalls the clean lines and efficient design of a vintage portable record player without smacking you in the face with retro cheese. Its guts are strictly now, dad. Along with that rechargeable battery, the internal speakers mean it’s always ready to rumble, or you can plug in bigger speakers to beef up the sound. You can play from other audio sources through the aux-in jack, and rip your vinyl to MP3 with the included USB cable and recording software.
You don’t have to sit huddled over your stereo system to listen to your vinyl. Take your turntable out to the patio and soundtrack the spring with Vivaldi’s Spring. Carry it to your friend’s to evangelize those new Baroness and Savages LPs. Tote it along to the thrift store to check if those scratched old 50 cent LPs are still playable.
Just be careful you don’t drift into Portlandia territory. Nobody likes a “hey look at me” eccentric spinning records on a park bench. Your fellow travelers at the bus stop don’t want to hear your funky fresh scratching. You can get away with listening at your desk at work - but not the break room. Just because you can use the Ion Vinyl Motion to listen to records anywhere doesn’t mean you should. With great portability comes great responsibility.