Olympus J300 Microcassette Recorder Review

I have owned three of these "machines" and each time, they stop working after lessthatn a week for no reason. I wish I could post no stars.
Don't But it.
Never buy it.
You're beter off throwing your money out the window.

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Upholding the Pearlcorder's reputation for a classy combination of style and recording capability, the new model J300 also delivers great price-performance. Enclosed within a smart metallic champagne gold colored body, these ultra-compact, lightweight devices offer intuitive handling. The new Pearlcorder J300 microcassette recorder is compact, stylish and loaded with features. And it's smaller and more ergonomic than any other Olympus microcassette product, meaning that it's virtually effortless to carry around. Voice actuator begins recording at the sound of a voice - and stops when the voice does. Fast play mode lets you listen 25% faster than normal speed. And the dual tape speed function can record three hours of voice on one 90-minute microcassette tape.

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Olympus VN-4100PC Digital Voice Recorder Review

The Olympus VN-4100PC is an excellent value.It's perfect for tasks such as recording a lecture or meeting, making verbal to-do lists, practicing a speech or presentation, and so on.Some reviewers criticize it because it's not very good at recording music, and the play-back is monaural, and they're right.It's not really designed for professional-style, stereo recording.As is the case with all machines, you have to live within its design limits.

The VN-4100PC has some very nice features that make it an excellent value.It is shirt-picket small and very light weight.The controls are simple and intuitive enough that you can operate it out of the package, without even reading the instructions.(However, the instructions tell you how to perform important setup functions, so you should read them.)In short, it's a nice, small, light personal audio recorder.

The built-in microphone is actually pretty good, but if you leave the recorder in your pocket while you're recording, you'll get quite a bit of ambient noise.The same can happen if you prop it on a book.There are two ways to work around this limitation, which is inherent to all similar recorders.Either put the machine on something soft on the desk, such as a coat, or buy an external microphone.The external microphone is probably the best way to go; you'll get far superior electronics, and it's easy to clip or place the mic so you can avoid the ambient noise.

This certainly isn't a high-end, professional-grade recorder.It wasn't designed to be one.Rather, it's a convenient, low-cost personal recorder that does exactly what it's supposed to do.It's an excellent value for the money.I'm very happy I bought it, and I'd do it again.

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Added June 9, 2009:

When I bought my recorder in December, 2007, it cost about $50.That's why I called it an excellent value; the feature set at that price was unmatched by any competitive recorder.However, now it's up to $175.Wow!There's no way on earth I'd pay that much for it!For $175, it should be gold plated!

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Record over 144 hours of uninterrupted audio on the Olympus VN-4100-PC 256MB PC Digital Voice Recorder and then transfer the audio files to your PC with speed and ease with the included USB PC Link. With one simple cable connection, files can be transferred to a computer for easy organization, playback, and emailing to friends and coworkers. The easy-to-use thumb pad allows for quick and convenient navigation of functions like file management, choosing recording modes, and more while the included timer recoding and voice activation modes provide added versatility. Depending on the quality of the desired recording, the VN-4100PC is able to record in four recording modes to meet your specific needs: XHQ for extra high quality, HQ for high-quality, and SP and LP modes for extended recording. Just above the easy-to-use thumb pad, users will find a large LCD screen for easy, quick viewing of file locations, recording status, and battery life. The thumb pad also allows you to control the slow and fast playback modes, allowing you to listen to audio playback at 25-percent slower or 50-percent faster than real time. The unit's storage capacity is divided into four folders, and each folder can store up to 100 files. Easy file management functions allow you to erase single files, multiple files, as well as transfer files between folders. An on-board voice activation feature extends recording time by recording only when the microphone senses sound while the easy-to-use index marks let you specify a particular point in a recording or playback for easy reference. Use the timer recording option to set a start and end time for a particular recording. Measuring 4.0 x 1.5 x 0.8 inches, the VN-4100PC weighs only 2.2 ounces.
What's in the Box
VN-4100PC digital voice recorder, Digital Wave Player software, USB cable, two AAA alkaline batteries, and instruction manual.

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SANYO MCD-XJ790 - PORTABLE CD RADIO CASSETTE RECORDER PLAYER CD-R/CD-RW/CD AM/FM STEREO Review

The product arrived quickly and in perfect condition.It works great!The sound is pretty good for this type of product, but not as good as some of the bigger usits, of course.No complaints, just complete user satisfaction.

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' CD/CD-R/CD-RW playback' FM stereo/AM radio' CD-to-tape synchronized recording' Programmable CD memory' Line-in terminal for all music player' Built-in microphone' BASSXPANDER systemDimensions (W x H x D) mm 350 x 275 x 175

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Emerson PD6548SL Portable Radio CD Player with Cassette Recorder Review

The stereo doesn't have digital tuning and I didn't realize how much of problem this would be.I love listening to the local NPR station and had to return the stereo because I couldn't get the signal.Also, the sound quality was definitely lacking.The other components worked fine.The quality of them isn't very high, however, but I suppose that is to be expected by the price.I wouldn't recommend this product.There must be better ones out there.

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The PD6548SL portable radio CD player with cassette recorder by Emerson is the perfect companion for on-the-go music.Record your favorite music directly to the cassette recorder records from the radio or CD player.The player also features a 20-track programmable memory which allows you to save your favorite songs on the player so you can listen to them without the need of a CD.The powerful, wide-range 3-inch speaker plays your music loud and clear for ultimate enjoyment.The PD6548SL operates via AC/DC and includes a detachable AC cord.

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Radio Shack Telephone Cassette Recorder - Voice Activated Review

This items is a piece of junk.The voice on playback sounds like minnie mouse, and you have to put your ear on the speaker to hear anything, and that is with the volume cranked up to max.Will never buy radio shack again.Disgusted.

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Operates as a standard recorder using the buit-in microphone. Plugs into modular phone jack.

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Sony M-470 Microcassette Voice Recorder Review

This is a very handy device to keep with you. It is compact, and easy to work with. I recorded a television show, and when I played it, the sound was very clear! Even with all things in the back ground, didn't get any interference. I just carry it with me, in a pocket or purse. Only thing is, I need longer tape (90 minutes), for school lectures. But they can be found just about anywhere. You will like it especially if you are new to micro cassette tape recorders. Great price too!

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Ideal for recording lectures and presentations, Sony's M-470 Microcassette Recorder is an affordable personal recording device. It is small and compact with a built-in microphone and speaker for easy review and playback. Recording is easy with the one-touch button, and the cue and review slide control makes fast forwarding and rewinding a breeze. Your samples and audio notes will always sound great with Sony-Matic automatic recording level control. This function takes advantage of advanced circuitry to ensure correct recording levels, and the Clear Voice function improves recording quality by enhancing voice sounds during recording and playback.
This microcassette recorder also features an earphone output for private listening. The two-speed record/playback (1.2 or 2.4 centimeter per second) gives you the option of recording on a standard microcassette for twice its normal time. This is great for extended dictation or personal audio note taking. Powered by two AAA batteries or an AC adaptor, the M-470 is easy to use and perfect for students and professionals.
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M-470 micro cassette recorder, one microcassette, and two AAA batteries.

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Maxell UR-60 Blank Audio Cassette Tape, 8 Pack Review

Maxell manufactures excellent 60 minute cassette tapes for all purpose general recording. As long as you have the right kind of equipment, these tapes record the sounds of record albums, radio shows, CD-Rs, people talking and more. These tapes have 60 minutes worth of blank recording tapes on them so there are 30 blank minutes for recording on each side. This is useful when recording thirty minute talk shows, for example. The normal bias recording tape and the low noise surface enhance the overall quality of your recording, too.

Moreover, the tapes allow you hours upon hours of listening enjoyment because you can record over them many, many times; and they take up very little room so they're easy to carry around with you.

Unfortunately, these tapes cannot produce the same quality recording reproduction as a digitalized copy would give you. This means that if, hypothetically, you were to copy a CD-R onto another CD-R instead of a Maxell cassette tape, the quality of the sound on the CD-R copy would be sharper and clearer with less background noise than a Maxell cassette tape or any other brand of cassette tape could give you. Moreover, cassette tapes can break if not handled with care. These shortcomings frustrate me and therefore I will have to take off one star to make this a four star review.

The tapes have small pieces of plastic on the narrow top of each cassette which you can punch out easily so that accidental recording over an existing recording is impossible. If you do wish to record over an original recording then you can merely place a small amount of regular tape over the hole. The cassette tape is now ready to record a fresh recording.

Overall, Maxell makes a great choice when you want reliable cassette tapes to record music, the radio, people talking or anything you wish to record. I have used this brand for decades and I cannot think of any major complaints. I highly recommend Maxell normal bias 60 minute cassette tapes for you to use when you need to record something onto a tape.


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Package of eight Maxell UR-60 normal bias cassette tapes / Ideal for voice recordings / 90 Minutes per cassette tape

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Sony CFDG700CP CD Boombox Radio Cassette Recorder Review

This is by far one of the best sounding CFD-G series boombox from Sony to date. With all those years experimenting with different subwoofer sizes and enclosure volume and bass reflex port lengths, Sony has finally found the right equation in the 700CP. To call this machine a boombox may be a bit of an insult, given the kind of sound it can deliver with its enormous speaker system and a powerful bi-amplifier.

The CFD-G700CP is huge. This is a boombox that requires so much table space it makes your Micro Hi-Fi (if you have one) look really, mirco. I'm sure some will get turned off by its loud and aggresive look, but the teenagers and those young at heart will love it. Especially the sound.

The 700CP can pump out so much bass, if you have not seen the unit yourself, you'd be wondering if you're listening to the bass sounds from a mid-sized bookshelf Hi-Fi. Of course, all that bass is worth nothing if the system can only deliver loud punchy bass with muffled mids and highs. No. The 700CP delivers everything from somewhere around 80Hz all the way to 16KHz, all in great clarity thanks to its Bi-Amplifier. The two full range speakers and metal tweeters are driven by a stereo amplifier used primarily to deliver mids and highs, and the 13cm subwoofer is pumping air through the front dual bass-reflex ports using a dedicated bass amplifier, keeping the mids and highs completely uninterrupted.

Even at high volume, the sound from the subwoofer remains solid and deep, and if you think there is just way too much bass, the subwoofer has two level settings for you to keep all that rumbling under control. You can also turn the bass amplifier off completely to listen exclusively to the sounds from the mid-high speakers.

The line-in port is neatly tucked away at the lower right hand side of the system with a built-in line in plug and also a jack, so you can either connect a portable music player directly to the device using the built-in line in plug (3.5mm stereo plug) or connect anything else to the device using a cable with a 3.5mm stereo plug on one end.

This boombox is of course missing a back-lit LCD, which is strange considering there was an earlier generation G series (G55 I think) that came with a red LED backlighting. Also, the cassette deck is a single-direction deck, so if you're still playing alot of cassette tapes, you'll be a little disappointed by the lack of the auto-reverse feature still found on most mid-range to high-end Micro Hi-Fis. The device also supports MP3 playback as well, but does not support Sony's proprietary Atrac3 files.

Hear it to believe it. This machine trumps Sony's CMT-EH10, CMT-NEZ33, CMT-NEZ55 plus alot of those self-proclaimed micro hi-fi systems out there. You won't be dissapointed. And to top it off, it runs on 8 D-size batteries (even the cheap Manganese ones) when you can't find an AC outlet or when there's a power outage.


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Listen to your favorite music no matter where you are with the aggressively-styled Sony CFD-G700CP Xplod® Boombox. This stereo has a large 5-inch power drive woofer for even greater bass response, while five preset equalizer modes allow you to further customize your sound. Enjoy music from standard compact discs or CD-R/RW sources with MP3 playback capability. The two-channel cassette recorder and digital AM/FM tuner provide added on-the-go flexibility. The included remote lets you navigate volume and CD player controls from across the room.

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Onkyo TARW255 Dual well Tape Deck Review

I bought this cassette deck to transfer tapes to my computer and then to my mp3 player. It works great. The sound is excellent and it is easy to use.

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JWIN JXR16 Voice-Activated Micro Cassette Recorder Review

I have fifty or more micro cassettes in a box which contain tons of creative material that I have logged over the years.My old Micro Cassette Recorder no longer qualifies as a Micro Cassette Recorder so I needed a new one so that I could listen and evaluate all the old brain droppings from years past.As it is 2009 I currently have a digital micro recorder whose contents I can dump into my computer, but that's another story.I needed a reasonably priced device which would allow me to listen to all this junk.the JWIN JXR16 was equal to the task.

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jWIN's products have been engineered to ensure quality and reliability with the most updated set of features that its educated consumers demand. jWIN strives to be ahead of its competitors by offering the most up to date designs and features at the most affordable prices.PRODUCT FEATURES:VAS - Voice Activated System for recording;2-speed play/record control;Built-in wide range speaker;Highly sensitive built-in microphone;Low battery/rec LED indicator;3.5mm earphone jack;3.5mm external microphone jack;DC 3V input jack;Built-in hand carry strap.

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Panasonic Portable Standard Cassette Recorder,5-1/2"x9-7/8"x2-1/17",BK Review

This product works nicer than 2 other similar models that I tried. It is also a pretty decent looking machine and works well for what is it suppose to do. works very nicely, is not too large and I really am enjoying this much better than the other models out there.

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The Panasonic RQ-2102 portable cassette recorder takes the power of home to any locale with a minimum of expended physical effort. Not really the life of the party, more the party itself. Packed full of features: pumping two-way speaker system, FET preamp for higher fidelity, built-in condenser microphone and one-touch recording makes archiving valuable moments a breeze. Enjoy the music and the ease with Panasonic.

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Coby Electronics AM/FM/Cassette Stereo Recorder CX-244 Review

The item was received in a very expeditious manner, well-packaged.It was a present for my son who collects cassettes, and needed a lightweight player for his collection.

He was very pleased with the condition of the item.

We would definitely order from this site again.

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MODEL- CX-244VENDOR- COBY ELECTRONICS Portable AM/FM Stereo Cassette Player/Recorder* AM/FM Stereo Radio* Auto Stop Stereo Cassette Player* Automatic Level Control Recording (ALC) * One-Touch Recording * Built-in Condenser Microphone * 3.5mm Headphone Jack* Soft Eject Cassette Door* 2-way Cassette Recording (Radio & Microphone) * Wide range Speaker System * Slide Volume control* LED Station Indicator * FM Stereo Indicator * FM Telescopic Antenna * Dual Voltage AC/DC Operation: AC 110/220 volt 50/60Hz & DC 9 volt (4 x "D" batteries not included) AC Power cord included. SIZE- 15 1/2"w x 5"h x 5 1/2"dWT.- 2.5 lbs. (w/o batteries)

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Panasonic RR-830 Desktop Cassette Transcriber / Recorder Review

If you need to transcribe tapes for any reason at all you will save yourself hours of time and frustration by using a tape recorder/player intended for transcription - rather than your tape player alone. Panasonic has been making this good machine for more than a few years. To my knowledge it's the best value around.
The foot pedal is essential and easy to use, and allows you to stop, start, and back up your tape without taking your hands off your keyboard. The speaker is good, there is a tone adjustment, and in addition a headset (and this one is comfortable to wear)enables quiet transcribing - and improved intelligibility, because the sound of your keys going a mile a minute won't interfere with your hearing your taped material. Importantly, there is a control lever for tape speed - for "variable speech control," so that you can play your tape a bit slower, or faster (which you sometimes need, too).
There is a mic and a remote jack, andfast forward and fast reverse. A tape counter - your odometer - is helpful.Different little lights glow when you're taping, recording, when the machine is on. This is a straightforward, simple, and gimmickless machine that is very nicely put together. It measures a neat and tidy 8 by 10 inches, and packs up simply and with no fanfare. Indispensible - if you need to transcribe tapes.

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Transcribe audiotapes with this Panasonic transcriber. The Panasonic RR series is designed for the small office/home office market. The RR-830 uses standard cassette tapes and has V.S.C. pitch (0-+100%) and speed (-15-+100%) controls. It features 4 LED indicators for power, tape run, quick erase and REC 3-digit tape counter.Variable tape speed allows for playback control, with in/out switch and level control. Lightweight headset ensures comfort. 3-position backspace allows you to adjust how far it rewinds when you take your foot off of play: 0, 1 or 3 seconds. Foot controller is included for play, backspace, and rewind functions.

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TEAC GF450K7 Turntable Cassette CD Recorder and Radio (Black) Review

I purchased this unit after checking out many others- my only real objection is that it's black (that's why I didn't give it 5 stars), I would have preferred a wood grain, but aside from that the only problem I found was it's inability to sense the spaces between the tracks all the time. The sensor works about 80% of the time depending on the condition of the original, but of course you can easily do it manually. I was using it successfully about 5 minutes out of the box- one important thing- it needs "music" CD's not "computer" CD's. Not that easy to find and the retail store clerks didn't know there were two types of CD's. Finally I found them at Radio Shack. All in all it's a great unit and I recommend it highly.

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The Teac GF-450K7 is a one-piece tabletop stereo with a retro design. In addition to a 3-speed turntable (33-1/3, 45, 78rpm), the Teac GF-450K7 plays cassettes and CDs. The CD portion can also record cassettes and radio.

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Maxell UR-90 Blank Audio Cassette Tape, 7 Pack Review

Maxell manufactures excellent 90 minute cassette tapes for all purpose general recording. As long as you have the right kind of equipment, these tapes record the sounds of record albums, radio shows, CD-Rs, people talking and more. These tapes have 90 minutes worth of blank recording tapes on them so there are 45 blank minutes for recording on each side. The features of this tape make it good for recording lectures and music using standard, less expensive home stereo equipment. The tape playback sound will work well in any basic tape deck including the one in your car.

If you pay the Amazon price of $6.99 for the package of seven tapes you spend roughly 99 cents per tape and that's very inexpensive. The tapes allow you hours upon hours of listening enjoyment because you can record over them many times; and they take up very little room so they're easy to carry around with you.

Unfortunately, these tapes cannot produce the same quality recording reproduction as a digitalized copy would give you. This means that if, hypothetically, you were to copy a CD-R onto another CD-R instead of a Maxell cassette tape, the quality of the sound on the CD-R copy would be sharper and clearer with less background noise than a Maxell cassette tape or any other brand of cassette tape could give you. Maxell also manufactures higher quality cassette tapes including the Maxell XL-II. Moreover, cassette tapes can break if not handled with care. They can also break if used a few too many times, too. Therefore, I recommend that any important recorded material should be copied onto another blank tape and then keep that second tape in a safe place to use as a backup. These shortcomings frustrate me and therefore I will have to take off one star to make this a four star review.

The tapes have small pieces of plastic on the narrow top of each cassette which you can punch out easily so that accidental recording over an existing recording is impossible. If you do wish to record over an original recording then you can merely place a small amount of regular tape over the hole. The cassette tape is now ready to record a fresh recording.

Overall, Maxell makes a great choice when you want reliable cassette tapes to record music, the radio, people talking or anything you wish to record. I have used this brand for decades and I cannot think of any major complaints. I highly recommend Maxell normal bias 90 minute cassette tapes for you to use when you need to record something onto a tape.


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