diff --git a/encodedbytes/converter.go b/encodedbytes/converter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a718ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encodedbytes/converter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package encodedbytes
+
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/text/transform"
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding"
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/charmap"
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode"
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+)
+
+type (
+	Converter struct {
+		from string
+		to string
+	}
+)
+
+func resolveEncoding(b []byte, name string) encoding.Encoding {
+	switch name {
+	case "UTF-8":
+		return nil
+	case "UTF-16":
+		if b == nil || len(b) < 2 {
+			return unicode.UTF16(unicode.BigEndian, unicode.IgnoreBOM)
+		} else if b[0] == 0xFE && b[1] == 0xFF {
+			return unicode.UTF16(unicode.BigEndian, unicode.ExpectBOM)
+		} else if b[0] == 0xFF && b[1] == 0xFE {
+			return unicode.UTF16(unicode.LittleEndian, unicode.ExpectBOM)
+		} else {
+			return unicode.UTF16(unicode.BigEndian, unicode.IgnoreBOM)
+		}
+	case "UTF-16LE":
+		return unicode.UTF16(unicode.LittleEndian, unicode.IgnoreBOM)
+	case "UTF-16BE":
+		return unicode.UTF16(unicode.BigEndian, unicode.IgnoreBOM)
+	case "ISO-8859-1":
+		return charmap.Windows1252
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c Converter) ConvertString(s string) (string, error) {
+	var native []byte
+
+	b := []byte(s)
+
+	fromEncoding := resolveEncoding(b, c.from)
+	if fromEncoding != nil {
+		in := bytes.NewReader(b)
+		reader := transform.NewReader(in, fromEncoding.NewDecoder())
+		n, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		native = n
+	} else {
+		native = b
+	}
+
+	toEncoding := resolveEncoding(nil, c.to)
+	if toEncoding != nil {
+		out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		writer := transform.NewWriter(out, toEncoding.NewEncoder())
+		defer writer.Close()
+		_, err := writer.Write(native)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return string(out.Bytes()), nil
+	} else {
+		return string(native), nil
+	}
+}
+
+func NewConverter(from string, to string) (*Converter, error) {
+	return &Converter{from:from, to:to}, nil
+}
diff --git a/encodedbytes/util.go b/encodedbytes/util.go
index 766596c..84290cd 100644
--- a/encodedbytes/util.go
+++ b/encodedbytes/util.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package encodedbytes
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
-	iconv "github.com/djimenez/iconv-go"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -28,15 +27,15 @@ var (
 		{Name: "UTF-16BE", NullLength: 2},
 		{Name: "UTF-8", NullLength: 1},
 	}
-	Decoders = make([]*iconv.Converter, len(EncodingMap))
-	Encoders = make([]*iconv.Converter, len(EncodingMap))
+	Decoders = make([]*Converter, len(EncodingMap))
+	Encoders = make([]*Converter, len(EncodingMap))
 )
 
 func init() {
 	n := EncodingForIndex(NativeEncoding)
 	for i, e := range EncodingMap {
-		Decoders[i], _ = iconv.NewConverter(e.Name, n)
-		Encoders[i], _ = iconv.NewConverter(n, e.Name)
+		Decoders[i], _ = NewConverter(e.Name, n)
+		Encoders[i], _ = NewConverter(n, e.Name)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/id3_test.go b/id3_test.go
index b5d78b7..527170d 100644
--- a/id3_test.go
+++ b/id3_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestOpen(t *testing.T) {
 	actual := resultFrame.Description()
 
 	if expected != actual {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %q, got %q", expected, actual)
+		t.Errorf("Expected %x, got %x", expected, actual)
 	}
 
 	actual = resultFrame.Text()
diff --git a/v2/frame.go b/v2/frame.go
index d83f682..0f0672f 100644
--- a/v2/frame.go
+++ b/v2/frame.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mikkyang/id3-go/encodedbytes"
+	"github.com/jcs/id3-go/encodedbytes"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/v2/id3v2.go b/v2/id3v2.go
index 52d74a7..318b9c9 100644
--- a/v2/id3v2.go
+++ b/v2/id3v2.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package v2
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mikkyang/id3-go/encodedbytes"
+	"github.com/jcs/id3-go/encodedbytes"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 )
diff --git a/v2/id3v22.go b/v2/id3v22.go
index b1b224b..bbad28e 100644
--- a/v2/id3v22.go
+++ b/v2/id3v22.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 package v2
 
 import (
-	"github.com/mikkyang/id3-go/encodedbytes"
+	"github.com/jcs/id3-go/encodedbytes"
 	"io"
 )
 
diff --git a/v2/id3v23.go b/v2/id3v23.go
index f9a5882..aae4d2a 100644
--- a/v2/id3v23.go
+++ b/v2/id3v23.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 package v2
 
 import (
-	"github.com/mikkyang/id3-go/encodedbytes"
+	"github.com/jcs/id3-go/encodedbytes"
 	"io"
 )