The ION is fine for the work he is asked to do, namely to recreate our old vinyl on our PC. Simple connection via USB, a knob to adjust the gain (do not be too greedy) and a cross to put on line or phono turntable for your drive. There are no 5 star but 4 because there is a BUT .... the offer software that is supplied with the camera is not really top. It takes longer to install Itune .... yuck! So I replaced all that by Audiacity (it makes the wave and Flac do not tag) which is free and very complete, and Free or EAC Flac Converter (Extract Audio Copy) tag which both, to put my record FLAC player on my DAC FiiO II X3. I highly recommend this unit.