The concept here is great(record records to your computer), but the quality is terrible. The unit is cheap plastic, and feels like a child's toy. The electronics produce a background buzz, no matter how its hooked up, even if the only connection to it is a pair of headphones (sometimes a bad ground does this, but not the case here). The spindle is too small, so that it doesn't fill the hole in the record, meaning you have to manually center the record on the turntable, or it wobbles. There's no auto return, or even a little handle on the head with which to smoothly lift the needle off the record, making it easy to scratch your record. The needle simply bounces off the end of the record.If you can get one that doesn't buzz, you could use it to record your records to your hard drive. Just be careful to line up the record perfectly on the platter, since the spindle isn't a good guide, and be ready at the end of the record to smoothly lift the needle before it hits the center label.