I'm going to try to control my inner audiophile geek on this one. In general, those USB turntables, or any super budget minded TT, will damage your records. Lack of the ability to dial in tracking weight, vertical tracking angle, lateral tracking angle, etc can put a very small, very hard, stylus tip into strange angles in your record's grooves. Oh, and those adjustments also allow for dialing in the best possible fidelity.
With all that said, if a USB TT gets you what you want (i.e. listening to your music on the go), and you aren't concerned with the condition of your records, then all the power to you. If you discover new music or enjoy old music you wouldn't otherwise listen to then its a fantastic purchase.
I take a usb sound card, hook it up to the tape out of my integrated amp, and record my records losslessly with audacity software (
its free!). For the price of the above USB TT you can buy a sound card and record your music with superior source electronics.
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