5.0 out of 5 stars Went down Memory Lane with this one

P. · 29 October 2024

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great piece of kit!

G. · 1 August 2024

UPDATE: I've had to return it due to a fault. But, I don't think I'll replace it because it's quite flimsy. Not sure I can record the cassettes with the noise from the unit either. Bit disappointed.As a pro musician, I wanted to compile a little bundle of recordings from my teens. Lessons, practise, early band rehearsals, all recorded on about 50 cassettes. I could have bought a used original track recorder but seemed a bit OTT for this. Found this great little recorder and for 17 quid thought I'd give it a go. Works absolutely great! Brilliant! I didn't use the CD software, you can download it anyway. It's just Audacity, which is pretty good. I actually ended up using my Logic software, as it's just what I'm used to. Worked perfectly, no issues. Unit seems OK build quality for the money. Not sure if it would survive a fall off a high table, but it's fine. Came with usb lead and doesn't need batteries when connected to the computer, which was an unexpected bonus actually. Very pleased with it overall. I'm looking forward to getting my old recordings all in mp3 format. So far, it's been amazing listening back! Highly recommend this product.

5.0 out of 5 stars It arrived undamaged

D. · 7 January 2025

Nothing special

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful sound quality - slow, wobbly, and noisy

B.C.S. · 15 October 2023

Truly awful sound quality out of this. I wasn't expecting much, but it's even worse than I imagined. The tape plays too slow and while I don't have the means of measuring it, the wow and flutter sounds truly awful, and I'm not even remotely close to an audiophile. There is also absolutely awful noise on the recording, noticeable during quiet parts of the recording. This noise is noticeable even when playing with no cassette in, so it's clearly from the device, not the tape.The mechanism also feels horribly cheap and nasty. The auto reverse has triggered a few times in the middle of a tape, though that at least seems to have stopped after running through a few tapes, perhaps once everything loosened up a bit. The sound quality however has not improved, and if anything the slowness maybe worse the longer I use it.I have some old tapes and I wanted to find out what's on them - this will do the job of letting me know what's on them, but getting audio which is actually listenable is beyond its abilities.Even allowing for how cheap it is I can't give this more than 1 star - it's just not fit for purpose, and will likely go back for a refund. Sadly it looks like all the similar items available are rebadged versions of the same thing.

3.0 out of 5 stars Only worked once.

e.c. · 5 June 2025

Looked good, price was perfect for being on a pension. Worked the first time but failed to again so sent it back and refunded quickly.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for digitisation of audio cassette tapes

I.C. · 20 October 2024

AN excellent addition to anyone who has audio cassette tapes and wishes to digitise them. I only wish I had more time to finish digitising my very large collection!

2.0 out of 5 stars Truly awful sound, good software

A.T. · 30 November 2023

This is one of many identical Chinese-manufactured tape-USB packages available. It comes with the player, cable, headphones, and software. It is relatively simple to use and allows conversions of tape recordings to .mp3 format.Well it does, sort of. If you like excessive warble.Quite how a modern factory can make a tape player so bad is a bit of a mystery. I've bought a personal stereo from a car boot sale for 20p that is far superior. I would guess that my particular model may be a result of not uncommon dodgy Chinese quality control, as other reviewers have not mentioned such poor quality playback. In essence, this tape player cannot maintain a steady speed, no matter what age of tape is used. This is great if you want to replicate your 1980s dodgy car stereo, but not great if you want to convert anything other than spoken words. It's like listening to chalk grating down a blackboard. There's also a bit of background hum, although this really doesn't make much difference. Truly awful.The Audacity software supplied is good. It's not 100% intuitive to use straight away, but once familiar it can edit and produce compatible mp3 files. It would help if the player wasn't terrible, but at least some sort of output is created which is better than looking at a tape.Note to self: try out the new toy before the returns window closes.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Five stars!

J.D. · 24 December 2024

Great! Five stars!