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Retro radio cabinet automatically loads the iPod with tracks taken from classic vinyl
Popular Science's Paul Wallich says:
Most iPod docks just sit on a desk and connect to the nearest computer. Mister Jalopy’s dock sits in the garage where he restores classic cars, so to make it blend in a little better, he fitted it into a converted Farnsworth radio console from the 1960s. Then he stuffed in a turntable, a tuner/amplifier, a Mac Mini, and a handful of USB widgets. Now he can play a record, and the songs will be automatically imported to the Mini and transferred to the iPod. Just for fun, he threw in a Radio Shark AM/FM antenna that can tune in and record radio to the Mini. And in keeping with the seamless melding of old and new, the station-preset buttons on the original tuner control play, skip and other functions on the iPod.
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