CD

Best Buy today announced a special online Midnight Sale that starts tonight (May 25) through Thursday morning, May 26th. The sale is for eight-hours only starting at midnight, ET, 9 p.m., PT, with huge deals on selected products, including laptops, TVs, cameras, appliances, musical instruments, cameras, DVDs, music, video games and accessories.

Hundreds of products will be on sale including these offers:

• Nikon S3000 camera for $99.99
• 46" RCA TV for $499.99
• HP Intel Core i3 laptop for $429.99
• Microsoft Office Home & Student for $114.99
• 25 percent off select headphones
• TV series on DVD for $12
• CDs for $7.99
• 20 percent off all ENERGY STAR qualified major appliances
• Save $250 on drum sets plus free shipping

Go to www.bestbuy.com/midnight to view all the products offered in the midnight sale. Please note: the sale price won't be posted until the sale launches at midnight tonight.

Best Buy has announced a new CD Conversion service provided by their Geek Squad employees. They'll rip your CD collection into MP3, FLAC, AAC, WAV, WMA, WMA-Lossless, or OGG formats, and return it to you (along with your CDs) on DVDs or a device of your choice. Geek Squad is charging $1 per CD for this service. Not a bad deal, considering how much time you'll save.

They also offer CD restoration, an online ripping calculator, and free FedEx shipping. Wondering when you'll receive your order? Check the status 24 hours a day simply by logging on to their website.

Find out more information at http://rip.geeksquad.com.

My Production Manager was in my office this week, and we were discussing the missed nuances of technology from yesteryear. What he missed most was his music from the turntable. Not just the music quality was missed but the sound produced between songs on his vinyl records. Sure, he has an MP3 player and several classic albums. What he wants to hear is the “intermission noise” between songs. I searched for a sound bite with no success. If you have some old vinyl and you want to convert to digital then the ION LP 2 CD has an MSRP of $399 and can deliver rendered files for your MP3 player. This is a great in depth review from Everything USB.

For more info and products check out ION Audio: www.ionaudio.com/lp2cd