Practical Gadgetry
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The Apple MacBook Air tries to fill a niche that doesn't exist
The Apple MacBook Air is the current poster-child for the effective combination of design and engineering. Apple should be commended for how well the Air is built. But I still cannot figure out who would actually want to buy and own a MacBook Air.
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The DAK GLI Pro turntable system raises the bar on vinyl conversion
In a previous post here in the <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/gadgets/?p=148" target="_blank">TechRepublic Practical Gadgetry blog</a> I reviewed the Ion <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/contents/2346-10877_11-157344.html" target="_blank">iTTUSB Turntable</a>. I was pleasantly surprised by quality of the digital recordings I could make of my old vinyl records with the Ion product. But at the suggestion of several readers, including Drew Kaplan of <a href="http://www.dak.com/" target="_blank">DAK Industries</a>, I tried the DAK GLI Pro system and compared it to the iTTUSB. To my surprise, the DAK system blew the previous turntable out of the water when it comes to sound quality. At about $100 more than the iTTUSB, the DAK is more expensive, but to my ears I think the money is well spent.
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