Vinyls and MP3 in One Single Gadget: the Victoria Classic

If you're the kind of person who's truly hooked with the vintage gear of the 50s but at the same time quite a serious user of today's modern technologies, it might prove that the Victoria Classic from Grace Digital Audio has been designed especially for you. We're talking about a stereo entertainment system packing all the modern nifty audio goodies in a casing that simply has "retro" written all over it.

Designed with care and boasting the unscathed style of the fifties, the Victoria Classic is a perfect match for your grandpa's Chevy; now, the fun part is that this piece of tech can be easily accommodated in pretty much any settings as its timeless classy looks will most likely suit anything. Coming with a rather small footprint, the Victoria Classic can be installed on shelves or tabletops and will equally integrate in your bedroom ambient or in your office.

The Victoria Classic brings together a turntable, a CD player, USB and SD/MMC ports and of course, an AM/FM radio tuner. Now, it looks like you'll get your hands on a complex piece of audio tech, letting you play back your fav tunes stored on various media; even more, if you feel like taking your oldies hits with you on a portable device, the Victoria Classic will let you do this in an easy and elegant way: just play your fav vinyl and have this lovely gadget digitize the tracks for you and store them on an external memory, be that a USB stick or an SD card. The turntable runs with 33, 45 and 78 discs and comes with a 45 RPM adapter.

The dual full-range speakers will deploy a hefty stereo sound with neat detail and beautifully spatial audio; and if you need a lot more power, the RCA connectors will let you instantly hook up the Victoria Classic to your large home entertainment system. The knobs and other controls are easy to use and intuitive, while the blue backlit LCD screen will offer you critical info on radios, track timing and so on.

The Victoria Classic ships with a handy wireless remote control and retails for just under $150 – perfect for a present, as well. Sorry, no iPod support!


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